About This Item

  • TitleOpening seamen's home
  • Call NumberSWEL_0457
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Opening seamen's home--Borough President Cashmore, second from left, and Civil Defense Director Arthur W. Wallander chat with representatives of the Swedish government as they meet to dedicate Brooklyn's new home for Swedish seamen. Shown left to right are Lennart Nylander, Swedish consul general in New York, Wallander, Cashmore and Erik Boheman, Ambassador from Sweden."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 1, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Swedish Seamen's Home (New York, N.Y.) ; Old age homes -- 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.