About This Item

  • Title[Newspapers unloaded from biplane]
  • Call NumberEAGL_0256
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan in cockpit of docked biplane handing bundle of newspapers to man standing on pontoon; three other men, one holding additional bundle of newspapers, standing on dock; glass-enclosed building on pier in background. Caption on verso: "The 'Airplane Edition' of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle being loaded at a Wall Street dock, and rushed to Bay Shore and Southampton. Bob Lyon, manager of Skyport (left), and George E. Post, chairman of the Metropolitan Seaplane Commission, observe the operation...."
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 22/35. Caption on verso: "Island News Staff Photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBrooklyn daily eagle ; Biplanes ; Newspapers -- Transportation
  • 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.