About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0175
  • TitleFirsters
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0176), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Firsters--Mrs. Mathilda S. Simmons, 78, and her brother, Charles W. LaRue, 82, both of 390 Rugby Road, walked with their father across the Brooklyn Bridge the day it was opened, 67 years ago. Yesterday, the day it was opened, they were driven by Mrs. Simmons' granddaughter, Mrs. Arline S. Brough of the Hotel St. George, through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. They are shown paying the toll to [African-American] Bert Smith of 397 Adelphi St., on completion of their crossing."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0175: date stamped: May 26, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso of 0175.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toll plazas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Tunnels: Brooklyn-Battery: Toll gates