About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0373
  • TitleBooks not information please
  • SummaryCaption: "Books not information please--Two little workers [girl and boy] in the junior division of the British War Relief Society receive from [Brooklyn-born] Clifton Fadiman, [author and game show host] of 'Information, Please,' the first books to be contributed in the drive for 250,000 volumes following an appeal from soldiers in the Middle West."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 18/41. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999 ; Books -- 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: Portraits: Fadiman, Clifton