About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0441
  • TitleTop prize-winning fishermen
  • SummaryCaption: "Top prize-winning fishermen at A & S fish fry--Winners of the three top prizes in the A & S Junior Angler Fishing Contest ... at yesterday's Fish Fry in Prospect Park ... are, left to right: Dennis Beeferman, 14, of 962 Troy Avenue, winner of $125 Defense Bond ... Anthony De Vita, 15, 191 28th Street who won a $200 Defense Bond ... and James Gage, 14, 631 Vanderbilt Street, holding his prize-winning bicycle awarded for the very last fish caught in the four-week contest ..."
  • Date1953.
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: typed date: Aug. 6, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectAwards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bicycles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tournament fishing -- 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: Parks: Prospect Park: Fishing