About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2022
  • TitleSmorgasbord and elephants
  • SummaryCloseup of man wearing uniform standing on ship's deck in top half of image and life preserver with ship's name on retouched lower half. Caption: "Smorgasbord and elephants--They're part of the life of Capt. John Pedersen, master of the Danish freighter Sally Maersk, carrying all kinds of cargo from and to Brooklyn all around the world."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 18, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCargo ships ; Merchant marine -- Officers
  • 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: Waterfront: Seamen