About This Item


  • TitleGround-breakers
  • Call NumberTEMP_0064
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Ground-breakers: Louis J. Lefcourt, Municipal Court Justice Charles H. Breitbart, Louis E. Linden, Abe Stark and Borough President Cashmore (left to right), turn with golden shovels ground for the $1,000,000 synagogue and community center of Congregation Shaare Torah of Flatbush."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 27, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGround breaking ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.