About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1155
  • TitleTommy
  • SummaryTommy, resident cat at the Coney Island (Norton Point) lighthouse on Beach 47th Street, looking out a window.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 4 x 3 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Feb. 10, 1932. On verso: "Tommy, Bklyn's only lighthouse cat." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectCats
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bay Ridge: Lighthouse