About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0352
  • TitleAir olympians
  • SummaryCaption: "Air olympians--Famous Air Force Gen, James H. Doolittle will share top billing with lovely Joan Nelson at the World Model Air Olympics next weekend at Suffolk County Air Force Base near Westhampton. The general will rule as Air Marshal and Miss Nelson, an airlines stewardess, will reign as Miss Air Olympics." She is holding a large trophy.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDoolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 ; Air pilots -- New York (State) -- New York ; Awards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Portraits: Doolittle, James H., General: Awards