About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0210
  • TitleEagle float in the Queensboro Bridge celebration
  • SummaryParade float featuring canoe labeled "Long Island"; eagle on prow; blown up sheet of Brooklyn Daily Eagle in place of sail; woman with paddle posing as American Indian in rear of canoe; canoe resting on platform decorated with swags and labeled "Brooklyn Daily Eagle"; two men with backs to building in left background.
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 16, 1909. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Parade floats -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Eagle: Celebrations