About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0875
  • TitleBubble, bubble
  • SummaryCaption: "Bubble, bubble--Officials pour champagne down the hatch of a new sewage purification plant at the foot of Beach 50th St., in Sea Gate. At the dedication ceremonies were, left to right, City Council President Vincent R. Impellitteri; Joseph Steinberg, president of the Sea Gate Association; Council Majority Leader Joseph T. Sharkey; Coney Island Democratic Leader Kenneth F. Sutherland; Adolph N. Weiss. treasurer of the Sea Gate Association, and Gloria Niles, Fran Rickard, Ethel Zaldin, and Phyllis Goldberg [all wearing bathing suits and police hats], members of the new auxiliary police force of Sea Gate."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 30, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectImpellitteri, Vincent R. (Vincent Richard), 1900-1987 ; Champagne (Wine) ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Policewomen -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sewage disposal -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sea Gate (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: Sewage: General