About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0410
  • TitlePen which aided blind
  • SummaryCaption: "Pen which aided blind--Representative Donald L. O'Toole, right, presents to Edwin B. Wilson, executive editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, left, pen with which President Truman signed bill appropriating $1,125,000 to aid the blind. Witnessing the ceremony is Peter J. Salmon, center, managing editor of Brooklyn Industrial Home for the Blind.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On caption: "Eagle staff photo;" date stamped: Aug. 15, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Newspaper employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pens
  • 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: Eagle: Employees: Wilson, Edwin B. & Mrs