About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0476
  • TitleFirst fire volunteer
  • SummaryMan in suit signing name at desk in ceremony before firetruck; sign at desk reads, "Mr. Citizen -- Volunteer! Help protect your family, home and city." Caption: "First fire volunteer: Harry Weingarten, 45, of 1530 E. 18th St., who works for an outfitting company, is first to sign up as volunteer auxiliary fireman at opening drive on steps of Borough Hall. Fire Commissioner Patrick J. Walsh, left, signs him up while Borough President Cashmore looks on."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 21, 1942; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVolunteer fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire engines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signing ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Firemen: Volunteer: General