About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0048
  • TitleThe autoplate
  • SummaryWorker in high-ceilinged room of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in downtown Brooklyn pouring contents of can into vat; worker at left holding curved mold or plate; two stacks of curved molds or plates on dollies before workers; large covered vat with fitted steam pipe in left foreground; cylinders, presses, and other machines throughout.
  • Date1904
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Newspaper buildings ; Newspaper employees
  • 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Buildings: Interiors: Press room