About This Item

  • TitleAll quiet on the waterfront
  • Call NumberWORK_0687
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryLong line of men between wall of building and police barricades; two policemen holding billy clubs in foreground, other policemen in background. Caption: "All quiet on the waterfront: Under watchful eyes of police, hundreds of longshoremen patiently wait their turn in line on 52d St., outside Naval Militia Armory on 1st Ave., to cast ballots in NLRB election. Violence which marked earlier election in December was notably missing."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Geller." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Labor unions -- Elections -- 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.