About This Item

  • TitleEagle family's birthday cake for the "Chief," Dr. St. Clair McKelway
  • Call NumberEAGL_0338
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryBirthday cake decorated with crossed American flags, bald eagle, candles, and inscription reading, "The Eagle family wishes the Chief many happy returns."
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 15, 1915; Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Birthday cakes
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.