About This Item


  • TitleNew lady cops for subways
  • Call NumberWORK_0738
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "New lady cops for subways--These 12 young women were appointed today to the post of policewomen in the city transit system and were sworn in by Transit Commissioner G. Joseph Minetti. Looking on are Chairman Sidney H. Bingham of the Board of Transportation, extreme left, and Commissioner James F. Dulligan."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 25, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; on caption: "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • 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.