About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0105
  • TitleBush Terminal
  • SummaryCaption: "Seven employees of the Bush Terminal Company are shown at ceremonies attendant on their retirement. Left to right are: Michael Jordan, a brakeman with the company since 1915; Henry Bender, a brakeman, 1910; Herbert W. Griffin, locomotive engineer, 1903; Giuseppe Marstello, trackman, 1904; W. L. Sturges, assistant to the president of Bush Terminal; James Stanger, locomotive engineer, 1903; Martin Burns, a brakeman, 1922; C. E. Ward, brakeman, 1904, and P. J. Roth, vice president and freight traffic manager. Mr. Sturges and Mr. Roth congratulated the men on their records." Men are standing in front of two, presumably freight, train engines with signs, "On the last run, 24 years on the Bush Terminal Railroad; good luck, Herb" and "On the last run, 33 years, 5 months, 3 weeks on the Bush Term. R. R.; good luck, Jim."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Sept. 2, 1937; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectRailroad trains -- New York (State) -- New York ; Terminals (Transportation) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Bush Terminal: Railway