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  • TitleMayor LaGuardia administers oath to Alvah Burlingame
  • Call NumberPORT_0124
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Mayor LaGuardia adminsters the oath of office to former State Senator Alvah W. Burlingame who was appointed today to the City Magistrate's bench ... At left are Peter Abeles, also sworn as a magistrate today, and Lawrence Dunham, sworn as a justice of the Domestic Relations Court. Mrs. Abeles appears in the background."
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Sept. 23/35; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBurlingame, Alvah W., 1879-1952 ; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 ; Judges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oaths -- 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.