About This Item

  • TitleIsrael's charter
  • Call NumberSWEL_0404
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Israel's charter--Albert Hollander, a Yeshiva College biblical student, reads Israel declaration of independence at ceremonies in Young Israel of Eastern Parkway, 937 Eastern Parkway. Also participating, left to right, were Assemblyman Irwin Steingut, Rabbi Harold B. Kanotopsky of the center, and Harold M. Jacobs, its president." Image includes large menorah in foreground.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 17, 1948; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectYoung Israel of Eastern Parkway (New York, N.Y.) ; Jewish community centers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Menorah -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.