About This Item


  • TitleSweater campaign
  • Call NumberEAGL_0472
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of seated young man wearing sailor uniform with knitted sleeveless sweater and head and face piece with scarf over uniform and fingerless mittens. From inscription it is assumed that knitted garments were part of a fundraising campaign sponsored by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
  • Date1917
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Nov. 28, 1917; Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectSailors ; Sweaters
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.