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7 unusual facts about Brooklyn Eagle


Alonzo Clayton

An 1896 report and a 1900 report in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle stated that Clayton planned to join other black jockeys riding in Europe but no records have been found to confirm he actually went there.

Clark H. Woodward

In 1940, the Brooklyn Eagle carried numerous speeches of his in which Woodward warned not only of America's "third-place" status, but also that the United States Army lacked the strength to repel a potential attack on the Navy Yard if an enemy managed to break through the nation’s naval defenses.

Donald S. Kellermann

He was a radio broadcaster while serving with the United States Army in Germany during World War II and went to work for the Brooklyn Eagle after leaving Hofstra University.

Double Fold

Baker laments the loss of thousands of volumes of significant 19th and 20th century newspapers: the Brooklyn Eagle, the New York Herald Tribune, the New York World, the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the New York Times, and many others.

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent's Residence

The visitor information room was financed by a donation from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper.

James Greenway

He then worked for a few years as a reporter for the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper.

Morey letter

While never proven, there was much public speculation at the time that Stanley Wembley, journalist at the Brooklyn Eagle and creator of the Spoopendyke humor stories, was the author of the Morey letter.



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Frank D. Schroth

His son, Thomas N. Schroth, was managing editor of the Brooklyn Eagle in the last three years of its existence, and went on to serve as editor of Congress Quarterly and to establish the National Journal.