About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1062
  • Title[Fort Hamilton dining hall]
  • SummaryA group of young men wearing military uniforms sitting at tables in Fort Hamilton dining hall with waiter wearing white jacket standing at serving table set into fireplace with two globed lights on sconces above in right background.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately 1/4 of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 21, 1940. On verso: "Ft. Hamilton personnel." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectDining rooms ; Soldiers ; Waiters
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: Personnel