About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0004
  • TitleSome dough
  • SummaryCaption: "The parachute effect is one stage in the making of so-called '1,000-layer' cake, Syrian confection which actually has 40 chiffonlike layers when finished. Scene is in Oriental Mercantile Co. bakery, on lower Atlantic Ave., in heart of Syrian products district. Baker shown is Jimmy Vafeas, born in Greece ..."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: on caption: date stamped: Oct. 31, 1948; printed: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectCake -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bakeries -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Bakers and bakeries -- 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: Bakeries