About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1136
  • TitleCommittee for Bay Ridge Centennial
  • SummaryFive men: two sitting at table, three standing; seated men and man on far right have documents; man on far left has paper pad. Caption: "Seated, Joseph Madden and Borough President Cashmore; standing, Edward Hart, Abraham Sussman and Mario M. DeOptatis. Borough President Cashmore has proclaimed the week of May 18 as Bay Ridge Centennial Week to mark the settlement as part of the Town of New Utrecht by the Dutch in 1657. It was named in 1853. Aranging the event are Edward hart, president of the Ninad Club; Councilman Abraham Sussman, State Senator Mario M. DeOptatis and Joseph J. Madden, Democratic executive member of the 9th A.D.
  • Date1953
  • 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 16, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBay Ridge Centennial Week ; Centennial celebrations
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bay Ridge: Celebrations (Centennial Week)