About This Item
- TitleWhat goes on here?
- Call NumberEAGL_0268
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryClose-up of young woman, Mrs. Danny Knox, typing at desk in Brooklyn Daily Eagle office in Downtown Brooklyn. She is smoking and has removed her shoes; her open purse is on the desk, and there is an overflowing wastepaper basket beside the desk. Caption: "What goes on here?--This picture might be entitled 'How to Lose a Job.' There are many things wrong with the desk, the secretary and the general office attitude. ... How many of these office 'sins' are you often guilt of?".
- Date1952
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 8, 1952; caption stamped: Apr. 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Newspaper employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Offices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Secretaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Smoking ; Typewriters
- 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.