About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0222
  • TitleTouch of home for borough GI
  • SummaryCaption: "Borough President [John] Cashmore, standing on ladder, right, presents street sign at Flatbush and Church Aves. to Mrs. Barbara Grace, whose homesick GI requested it in a letter to Mayor O'Dwyer. Her husband, Richard, is standing below."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 3, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Ladders ; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Street signs -- 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: Cashmore, John: 1940-1949: IV