About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2240
  • TitlePadlocked scaffolding
  • SummaryCaption: "They have padlocked tight the scaffolding used by mural painters in Borough Hall in order that the framework may not be moved about conveniently as an aid to listening to what goes on behind the closed doors of Special Prosecutor John Harlan Amen's offices in the old Appellate Division headquarters." Image shows man, back to camera, padlocking scaffolding to radiator.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Dec. 8/38; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Padlocks -- 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: Borough Hall: Building: Interior: Murals