June 20: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 20 | Brooklyn Eagle History ON THIS DAY IN 1922, Brooklyn Daily Eagle columnist John Billings, Jr., said, “WASHINGTON — The Anheuser-Busch Company...
On Victory over Japan Day: A local photo from today’s anniversary, 1945 August 14 | Phil Kaufman My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s...
My father’s early Brooklyn photos are a treasure I didn’t know existed April 24 | Phil Kaufman My father, Irving Kaufman, loved New York. Or at least, as I knew him, he loved Manhattan. But...
Iconic Eagle photographer from 1930s to ’50s left treasured images, his son recently revealed April 23 | Editorial Staff A collection of iconic Brooklyn photographs by the late Irving Kaufman, mostly taken for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle...
January 2: ON THIS DAY in 1953, Dockers strike paralyzes Brooklyn waterfront January 2 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle ON THIS DAY IN 1953, the Eagle reported, “A strike of three small groups of dockworkers swept over...
MILESTONES: June 20, birthdays for Abby Wambach, Lionel Richie, Nicole Kidman June 20 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 170th day of the year. On this day in 1915, the Brooklyn...
MILESTONES: January 2, Birthdays for Bryson Tiller, Taye Diggs, Dax Shepard January 2 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle On This Day in History: January 2 On this day in 1897 and 1898, the Brooklyn Daily...
Hello, We Must Be Going — to Brooklyn October 14 | Martin McQuade Full slideshow below During the early decades of the 20th century the fledgling recording, motion picture and radio...
March 29: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 29 | Brooklyn Eagle History ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Churches, synagogues, department stores, transit corporations, newspapers and...