About This Item

  • Title[Man posing behind controls of steam shovel]
  • Call NumberEAGL_0018
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (EAGL 0019), some of which may also be described in this new record; Man in double-breasted suit posing behind controls of steam shovel at beginning of construction of new Brooklyn Eagle building in Boerum Hill; side of brick building in background; copy 1 (0018) broader view, with four men looking on and bucket of steam shovel in foreground; copy 2 (0019) tighter view, with three men looking on and bucket of steam shovel not visible.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn versos: date stamped: May 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn eagle ; Steam shovels ; Ground breaking ceremonies [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBoerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.