About This Item
- TitleRichard E. Byrd
- Call NumberPORT_0144
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0136, PORT 0137, PORT 0134, PORT 0135, PORT 0154, PORT 0149, PORT 0148, PORT 0153, PORT 0145, PORT 0143, PORT 0142, PORT 0138, PORT 0139, PORT 0151, PORT 0150, PORT 0152, PORT 0141, PORT 0140), some of which may also be described in this new record; Nineteen portrait views, in several different sizes, of Antarctic explorer Richard E. Byrd. 0136 shows him at the helm of the ship, City of New York. 0137-0141 are studio portraits. 0143 shows Byrd shaking hands with Captain Frederick C. Melville. Inscription on verso of 0145 "Parke Rexford Rolfe, president of Polytechnic Institute, Charles Edwin Potts, Chairman of Corporation, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd." All are wearing academic caps and gowns, so the occasion is presumably a graduation. 0149 shows him riding in a car with President Roosevelt. 0150 shows him standing with Charles Lindbergh. 0151 shows him shaking hands with Governor Whalen. 0152 shows him boarding The Macom, a New York City tugboat. 0153 shows him shaking hands with Brooklyn Borough President Hesterberg. Image also includes Mrs. Floyd Bennett on left. 0154 shows him riding in an open car during a tickertape parade on Broadway. Five of the images are not dated.
- Date1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1948
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description19 photographic prints: black & white
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
- Note0134, 0136, 0145, 0150, 0151, and 0152 are retouched; 0134: grease pencil cropping marks; 0135, 0136: cropped. Dates inscribed on versos: 0136: Oct. 17/32; 0137: Oct. 9/35; 0140: June 27/30; 0142: April 23/28; 0143: Aug. 26/28; 0144: June 22/27; 0145: June 18/31; 0149: Nov. 26/39; 0150: June 23/30; 0151, 0152, 0154: June 19/30; 0153: June 26/30. Date stamped on verso of 0141: Sep[t] 16, 1948. Stamped on verso of 0145: "Eagle photo." Title from inscriptions on several versos.
- SubjectByrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 ; Hesterberg, Henry, 1882-1950 ; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 ; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 ; Whalen, Grover A. (Grover Aloysius), 1886-1962 ; Air pilots -- United States ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Explorers -- United States ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shaking hands [lctgm]
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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.