About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0025
  • TitleHuckleberry Finn style
  • SummaryBarefoot boy with straw hat seated against tree in Prospect Park, with fishing line attached to stick dangling in water. Caption: "HUCKLEBERRY FINN STYLE: William Laux, an 11-year-old from 510 17th St., poses in story book style as he competes in the third annual Abraham & Straus Junior Angler Fishing Contest at Prospect Park yesterday. Some 3,000 boys and girls participated in the first-day competition. More than 7,000 are expected to compete before the tourney ends on Aug. 2."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 9, 1954; "Eagle Sports Photo by Mickey Senko." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing -- Tournaments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Department Stores: Abraham & Straus: Fishing Contest