Title: | Launch Urban League drive |
Description: | Caption: "Launch Urban League drive--At luncheon to 30 business leaders, who were guests of Walter N. Rothschild, president of Abraham & Straus, at which Urban League campaign to raise $35,000 was opened. The league is seeking equal economic opportunity for Negroes. Left to right: Dwight R. G. Palmer; Julius A. Thomas; Mr. Rothschild; Richard A. Brennan, John B. King." Mr. Thomas and Mr. King are African Americans. |
Date: | 1949 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: Nov. 8, 1949. Greasse pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Clubs [3]
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Subject: |
Brooklyn Urban League (New York, N.Y.) [4] African American men [5] Civic improvement [6] Executives [7] Fund raising [8] |
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: | CLUB 0070 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/01e914ecd52c83fe2e87042b514a3b8a&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Clubs
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Brooklyn Urban League (New York, N.Y.)
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/African American men
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Civic improvement
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/e/Executives
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/f/Fund raising