About This Item

  • TitleHailing Brooklyn
  • Call NumberHOLI_0365
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Hailing Brooklyn--Edwin B. Wilson, executive editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, takes part in the 'Hi, Jinx!' program broadcast from the Eagle office over NBC network as a tribute to Brooklyn." Program was part of Brooklyn's tercentenial celebration. Image includes Jink Falkenberg and an unidentified man sitting in the right foreground.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Jun[e] 12, 1946. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFalkenburg, Jinx, 1919-2003 ; Anniversaries -- New York (State) -- New York ; Newspaper editors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radio actors and actresses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Radio programs -- 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.