About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0060
  • TitleBack in service
  • SummaryCaption: "Back in service--A Trommer Brewery horse-drawn truck [with large sign, "Trommer's malt beer"], a familiar sight at the turn of the century, is now brought back into service to conserve gasoline and tires. It is making the rounds in the ridgewood section." Image includes two men wearing aprons standing in foreground and portion of Trommer's Restaurant in background..
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate (Aug. 18, 1942) and photographer's name stamped on verso. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorTanare, Ernest
  • SubjectBarrels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beer -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trucks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wagons -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Ridgewood (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: Breweries: Trommer Brewery