About This Item

  • TitleFireplace of Longshoreman's Clubhouse
  • Call NumberRUTT_0050
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of fireplace with plaque: "Success is not an accident. It comes to the man who does his work better than the other fellow," and flag on wall above with words, "Be an American." Typed inscription: "In accordance with Governor's Smith's Flag Week proclamation, this electrically lighted flag will be specially honored this week although it is a permanent decoration above the huge fireplace of the comfortable Longshoreman's Clubhouse of the Bush Terminal Company plant in Brooklyn. The motto carved on the wooden panel is a favorite of Irving T. Bush, president of the company."
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectFireplaces -- New York (State) -- New York ; Flags ; Plaques [lctgm]
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (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.