About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0804
  • TitleHistory-making awards
  • SummaryCaption: "History-making awards--The first scholarships ever presented by a Brooklyn post office organization, the Columbia Association of the Brooklyn Post Office awards for excellence in high school scholarship, are awarded by Postmaster Edward J. Quigley, right, to borough graduates, center, left to right, Ida Passamonti of Lafayette High School, Donald Fischetti of Boys High, and Sandra Galati of Abraham Lincoln High School. Frank S. Volpe, president of the association, joins in the ceremonies in the postmaster's office."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 10, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAwards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- Employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Scholarships -- 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: Post office: Students