About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0759
  • TitleDead Letter Office
  • SummaryClose-up view of Postmaster Edward J. Quigley and Fred Jaeger, clerk, examining mail at the Dead Letter Office of Brooklyn's main post office.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Nov. 4, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPost office stations and branches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- 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: Post Office: Employees