About This Item


  • Title[Three workers operating printing press]
  • Call NumberEAGL_0047
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree workers operating printing press at Brooklyn Daily Eagle in downtown Brooklyn; two men on left side of press bending over to control levers beneath counter; man on right side of press turning wheel; bare light bulbs hanging from ceiling; windows, clock, and other machinery in background.
  • Date1909
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched; head of worker in left foreground appears cartoon-like. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 9, 1909. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Newspaper presses ; Newspaper buildings ; Newspaper employees
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.