Historic occasion

Historic occasion
Enlarge Image

Why am I seeing a watermark?
Title: Historic occasion
Description:

Caption: "Historic occasion--Borough President Cashmore, left, receives congratulations and a replica of Brooklyn's first flag from Manhattan Borough President Hugo Rogers during ceremonies climaxing the rediscovery of the borough on its 300th anniversary. Eugene F. Moran, president of the Moran Tug and Towing Corporation, is at extreme left, while Admiral Francis E. M. Whiting, right, assists with the flag presentation."

Date: 1946
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Date stamped on verso: Jun[e] 12, 1946.
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Holidays
Subject: Cashmore, John, 1895-1961.
United States. Navy -- Officers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Anniversaries
Flags
Municipal officials and employees
Shipping
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: HOLI 0368