About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0042
  • TitleHeads new district
  • SummaryCaption: "Heads new district--Brooklyn Democratic Leader Joseph T. Sharkey, left, congratulates Assemblyman Bertram L. Baker upon his selection as Democratic coordinator of the newly apportioned 6th Assembly District. Baker is expected to run for Democratic State Committeeman in the September primaries and if elected will be the first Negro in Brooklyn to sit on the County Democratic Executive Committee."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBaker, Bertram L. (Bertram Llewellyn), 1898-1985 ; African American legislators -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Baker, Bertram L