About This Item
- TitleJob rush
- Call NumberNEIG_2388
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "Job rush--Reports that Brooklyn Navy Yard will speed up its work have brought thousands of job-seekers to apply for work. ... Now working at the yard are 11,500 men. It is expected two eight-hour shifts will be instituted, instead of the present one eight-hour shift for civilian workers." Image shows many men standing in line and includes one policeman standing in foreground.
- Date1940
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May 24/40; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Laborers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Queues -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (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.