About This Item

  • Title[Gerard N. Kincade and Edwin B. Wilson]
  • Call NumberEAGL_0414
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryColonel Gerard N. Kincade, left, commander of Marines at Brooklyn Navy Yard swearing in Edwin B. Wilson, Brooklyn Eagle employee, as a captain in the Marine Corps Reserve.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On recto: "Eagle" printed in black ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: Jun[e] 24/34. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Marines ; Newspaper employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oaths
  • 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.