About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0659
  • TitleMercy on wheels
  • SummaryCaption: "Mercy on wheels--Throng of spectators gathers around Salvation Army mobile emergency feeding unit placed on display at Borough Hall. Borough President Cashmore accepted the unit on behalf of the people of Brooklyn. A company of invited guests was served luncheon from the rolling kitchen."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSalvation Army -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Social welfare: Salvation Army: Buildings