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[Women sewing flags at Brooklyn Navy Yard]

Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2393, NEIG 2396, NEIG 2397, NEIG 2395, NEIG 2398, NEIG 2399), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views of women sewing flags in an unidentified building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. All are sewing American flags except for woman in foreground of 2395 who is working on a flag with emblem, "U. S. Navy Bureau of Ships" and women in 2397 and 2400 with inscription on verso, "President's flag." Women pictured include: Mrs. Mary Guerra, Catherine Arrighetti, Sally Di Napoli, Mrs. Margaret Saporita, Virginia Scrivani, and Minnie Hollander. The images are not dated.

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