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  • TitleHot off the wire
  • Call NumberEAGL_0031
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySeven high school students (six girls, one boy) examining teletype machine through window of newsroom of Brooklyn Eagle in Boerum Hill. Caption: "Hot off the wire: The teletype machines were a point of interest for these student editors from Brooklyn schools who visited the Brooklyn Eagle yesterday as part of the celebration of National Newspaper Week. . . . In all, 139 young editors from schools all over the borough toured the plant from top to bottom and were welcomed by department heads."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 7, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Teletype ; High school students ; Newspaper buildings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBoerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.