About This Item

  • TitleNo beer today, boys
  • Call NumberWORK_0837
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "No beer today, boys--Al Rose, left, bartender at the Left Field Bar & Grill, 945 Franklin Ave., puts up sign, ["No beer"] telling bad news to customers. John Russell, a customer, helps him." Absence of beer was due to a strike of brewery truck drivers.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 19, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo by Kruh." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beer -- New York (State) -- New York ; Restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Strikes and lockouts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.