About This Item


  • Call NumberCLUB_0092
  • TitleBurn mortgage
  • SummaryCaption: "Burn mortgage--Benjamin C. Ribman, president of the Unity Club, burns the club's $30,000 mortgage. Watching are, left to right, former Supreme Court Justice Mitchell May, Henry Nias, vice president, and Supreme Court Justice Algernon I. Nova."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Dec. 11, 1945. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from capion on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mortgages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Political clubs -- 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: Clubs: Political: Democratic: Unity Club