About This Item

  • Title[Brooklyn Navy Yard]
  • Call NumberNEIG_3005
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "The New York Navy Yard, for the first time in history, calls women to work--In one of the first groups of applilcants for jobs as female mechanic learners at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, were the four girls, shown getting their first view of the Yard. Left to right: Mrs. Sidonia Levine, 23, of 1448 40th Street, Brooklyn; Miss Evelyn Richter, 20, of 788 Dawson Street, The Bronx; Miss Sylvia Honigman, 21, of 3002 Cruger Avenue, The Bronx, and Mrs. Audrey Tyrell, 24, of 73-34 68th Avenue, Middle Village, Queens." The image is not dated.
  • Date[1942?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteStamped on verso: U. S. Navy official photo." Title from typed caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorUnited States. Navy
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Mechanics (Persons) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (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.