About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0173
  • TitleCanco Charlie
  • SummaryCaption: "This 1,000-pound radio-controlled walking, talking, hand-shaking ambassador of goodwill for the American Can Company, gets last-minute road information from Pamela Livingston of Richmond Hill before taking off on a cross-country tour. ..."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 11 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 7, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFactories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robots, Industrial -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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: Factories: Cans: American Can Co