About This Item


  • TitleParis Bureau of the Eagle
  • Call NumberEAGL_0493
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption (typed): "[Six] wounded French soldiers [sitting] drinking tea in the Eagle Paris Bureau. Four of these men were in the Champagne Battle, one comes from the Argonne, and one has been in the hospitals since the Battle of the Marne over a year ago. The woman [sitting] in the center is Miss Lily Butler, a British Red Cross worker. The man in the British uniform is Dr. Herbert Elwood of Belfast, Ireland."
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 21, 1915; Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorEllis, H. C. [photographer]
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Soldiers -- France -- Paris ; Tea parties -- France -- Paris [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationParis (France)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.