About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0412
  • TitleMom's on the job
  • SummaryCaption: "Mom's on the job--Seated from left to right are Mrs. William Mergenthaler Jr., Mrs. Walter Van Bokkelen, Mrs. Cecilia Gill and Mrs. Earl W. Graham, members of the women's committee of the Brooklyn Preparatory alumni war memorial fund drive. ... Looking on are their sons, left to right, William Mergenthaler 3d, Bert Van Bokkelen and Jim Graham, all students at Brooklyn Prep. Mrs. Gill, honorary chairman of the committee, is the mother of the first Brooklyn Prep boy killed in World War II."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 8, 1946; "Eagle staff photo. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Preparatory School ; High school students -- 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: Schools: Private: Brooklyn Prep: II