About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0407
  • TitleWartime leader honored
  • SummaryCaption: "Wartime leader honored--Edwin B. Wilson, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, receives an engraved silver tray from Supreme Court Justice Charles C. Lockwood as a tribute to his leadership of the Brooklyn Defense Recreation Committee in World War II. At left is Edwin P. Maynard, chairman of the board of directors of the Brooklyn Trust Company and vice chairman of the committee.
  • 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: Apr. 10, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Awards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newspaper employees -- 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: Eagle: Employees: Wilson, Edwin B. & Mrs