About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0053
  • TitleState's blessing
  • SummarySeven Black men and two Black women standing; woman fourth from left and men third from right hold certificate. Caption: "State's blessing--Members of Bedford-S[tuyve]sant Brokers Association pose here with charter just granted by State of New York. Left to right are: G[...] Pendleton, L. Barton Jemmott, Robert A. Coward, secretary; Ernesta G. Bowman, president; John L. Mil[...] [...] Catalan, Dr. Charles N. Ford, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company (making presentat[ion] [...]; Dorothy Merritt and Kermit Augustine."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Sep[t] 18, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBing Studio
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBedford Stuyvesant Brokers Association ; Blacks ; Brokers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bed. Stuy.: Organizations