About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1921
  • TitleFlood waters
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1920), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images. Caption (1920): "Dorothy Olsen, 9, ... is carried over the deeper spots in Gerritsen Beach's flood area by Joan Smyth, 11, ..." 1921: "Kathleen Snyder, 8, ... carries Florence Armstrong, 4, over flood waters that plagued Gerritsen Beach residents for the past three days." Both images include several wood-frame houses.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: :Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso of 1921.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectFloods -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gerritsen Beach (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: Gerritsen Beach: Floods and sewerage