About This Item


  • TitleSave our homes
  • Call NumberSCHL_1184
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1182), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Save our homes--Mrs. Gladys Wasserman of 579 E. 7th St., and Mrs. Sydney Edelson [pointing right hand finger] of 728 Cortelyou Road, two of the speakers in the vain fight against Site 1 [proposed site for Junior High School 62, Cortelyou Road and East 7th Street]." Both are speaking into WNYC microphones.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 24, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMicrophone ; Radio broadcasting -- 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.