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  • TitleBorough President Cashmore
  • Call NumberPORT_0192
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0253, PORT 0252, PORT 0248), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views in different sizes: Caption (0192): "Borough President John Cashmore makes a major campaign address in his drive to become Brooklyn's first senator in 36 years. ..." 0248: "... Cashmore raises victory sign as well-wishers close to congratulate him on winning Democratic senate nomination ..." 0252: "Well-wishers bid goodbye to ... Cashmore [in automobile] as he leaves Hotel Biltmore headquarters for an upstate swing in his campaign for the U. S. senate. Left to right are Borough Works Commissioners John J. Lynch; John F. Hayes, assistant to the Borough President; Max Schneider, campaign manager who is shaking hands with Cashmore, and former Deputy Police Commissioner Aaron Frank." 0253: "... Cashmore being greeted ... at the headquarters opened at 186 Joralemon St.. At the Borough President's left is Benjamin Browdy, his campaign treasurer; at his right, Max Schneider ... In the right foreground ... is Kathryn Smith, in charge of the HQ."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0192: 10 x 8 in. 0248: 9 x 11 in.; on verso: "Photography by Jules Geller." On verso: Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore, John, 1895-1961 ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Political campaigns -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)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.