About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0046
  • TitleEvery little bit helps
  • SummaryGroundbreaking ceremony for courthouse at 283 Adams Street (subsequently rebuilt as a public high school). Caption: "Every Little Bit Helps: Work on the new Domestic Relations Court building was initiated yesterday afternoon, despite the inclement weather, by municipal and civic leaders at Johnson and Adams Sts. Left to right, with shovels, are John Warren Hill, presiding justice of Domestic Relations Court; Borough President John Cashmore; Edwin B. Wilson, executive editor of the Brooklyn Eagle; George C. Wildermuth, vice president of the Brooklyn Bar Association, and Commissioner Frederick H. Zurmuhlen of the Department of Public Works."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 3, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Ground breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Municipal officials and employees -- 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: Government: Judiciary: Domestic Relations