About This Item

  • TitleWaterfront voters
  • Call NumberWORK_0693
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRow of longshoremen handing documents to three women and one man seated at table; other workers waiting their turn; labor leader and crime figure Albert Anastasio holding placard ("Special notice to all members of the I.L.A. Ind.") in foreground; policeman on duty at right. Caption: "Waterfront voters: While Anthony Anastasio holds sign proclaiming amalgamation of six so-called 'Italian locals' of the International Longshoremen's Association, dockworkers' credentials are checked by election inspectors assigned by Honest Ballot Association. Voting was for officers and delegates of the big new Local, No. 1814...."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 27, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Kruh." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectInternational Longshoremen's Association ; Stevedores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Labor unions -- Elections -- 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.