About This Item
- TitleCongratulate new president
- Call NumberPORT_0183
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "Congratulate new president--The Rev. Dr. William O. Carrington, second from right, pastor of the First A. M. E. Zion Church, Tompkins Ave. and McDonough St, first Negro elected president of the Brooklyn Church and Mission Federation and the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council, accepts the congratulations of Borough President Cashmore. [Also pictured] are Walter Bruchhausen, second from left, president of the Brooklyn Bar Association and chairman of the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Fund Raising Campaign, and Dr. T. Z. Koo, executive secretary of the World Student Federation."
- Date1948
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 4, 1948; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectCarrington, W. O. (William Orlando) ; African American clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shaking hands [lctgm]
- 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.