About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0245
  • Title[Brooklyn Daily Eagle pilot]
  • SummaryTwo images of Brooklyn Daily Eagle pilot. Bottom image, cut out and superimposed over top image, shows pilot in helmet and double-breasted leather jacket standing next to propeller, with wing in background; top image shows pilot in open cockpit of single propeller plane in field bordered by street with houses and trees; three "Brooklyn Eagle" banners hanging from front, center, and rear of plane.
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteBottom right corner (3 x 2 in.) missing. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAirplanes ; Air pilots ; Newspapers -- Transportation
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Delivery