About This Item

  • TitleAmerican Machine and Foundry Company
  • Call NumberWORK_0280
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0282, WORK 0279, WORK 0281), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of striking employees of American Machine and Foundry Company in picket lines at factory location, 5596 Second Avenue. All images include policemen.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Dates stamped on versos: May 2, 1949, Aug. 4, 1949, and Aug. 8, 1949. Title from captions on versos.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFoundries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Machinery industry -- New York (State) -- New York ; Picketing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Strikes and lockouts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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.