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  • TitleRed's on the job
  • Call NumberDODG_0087
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Red's on the job--The first city wide report luncheon of the Red Cross 1944 War Fund was held yesterday at the Hotel Astor, where it was reported that the organization had reached 85 precent of its goal of $22,386,000, or $19,062,000. Left to right, Walter (Red) Barber, Brooklyn chairman; Alfred E. Smith, former governor [of New York State] and one of the speakers at the luncheon, and John P. Stephens, Jr., general chairman.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 4, 1944. Small triangular piece missing in lower left corner. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBarber, Red, 1908-1992 ; Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 ; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Governors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Luncheons -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sportscasters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.