About This Item


  • Call NumberEAGL_0145
  • TitleAppreciation
  • SummaryCaption: "Appreciation: Edwin B. Wilson, executive editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, receives plaque that reads: 'Citation for distinguished service. The Brooklyn Eagle and staff, 1949, for exceptional and meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service for the Disabled American Veterans....' Making the presentation is Harold Hill, senior country vice commander, D.A.V., and looking on is Peter Nowak, county welfare officer...."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 25, 1949. "Eagle Staff photo" on caption. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDisabled American Veterans ; Brooklyn eagle ; Award presentations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newspaper editors -- 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