About This Item

  • TitleUnderwater welder
  • Call NumberEAGL_0422
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan posing in deep sea diver's outfit; helmet on lap. Caption: "Underwater welder: This is Bill Edasi, Navy Yard worker, who demonstrates underwater welding at the Brooklyn Eagle's Navy Yard Birthday Exhibit, now being shown in the Eagle Building. Visitors can talk to Bill while he is in the huge tank through a special communications system rigged up by the navy."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDiving suits ; Deep diving -- Equipment and supplies ; Welders (Persons) ; Exhibitions -- 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.