About This Item
- TitleAt Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute commencement
- Call NumberPORT_0353
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "At Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute commencement--Charles E. Potts, chairman of the Polytechnic Corporation, who awarded the honorary degrees; James H, (Jimmy) Doolittle, receipient of degree of Doctor of Engineering; President Harry S. Rogers of Poly; Vannevar Bush, president of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, who also received the Doctor of Engineering degree, and Dr. Dixon Ryan Fox, president of Union College, who gave the commencement address."
- Date1941
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 13, 1941. Title from caption on verso.
- SubjectBush, Vannevar, 1890-1974 ; Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 ; Fox, Dixon Ryan, 1887-1945 ; Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn ; Graduation ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York [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.