About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0372
  • TitleHappy birthday to us
  • SummaryCaption: "Happy birthday to us--Borough President Cashmore applies his signature--in chocolate icing--to a cake proclaiming that today is the 307thy anniversary of the founding of Brooklyn. Witnessing the signature is Norman H. Free, manager of the Hotel St. George, which provided proclamation pastry."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; photograph by Jules Geller. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Anniversaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthday cakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Birthdays -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hotelkeepers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- 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: Celebrations: B'klyn anniversary: 1953