About This Item


  • Title[Christmas mailmen]
  • Call NumberWORK_0767
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0766), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two close-up views of Brooklyn letter carriers at Christmastime. 0766 shows group of men being sworn in as temporary employees; 0767 shows five uniformed postmen with mail sacks walking down steps.
  • Date1952, 1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0767: 10 x 8 in. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: Brooklyn Eagle stamp; date stamped: 0766: Dec. 10, 1953; 0767: Dec, 3, 1952. Title from caption on verso of 0766; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLetter carriers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oaths -- New York (State) -- New York ; Postal service -- Employees -- 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.