About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0026
  • TitleHooked-- one small fry
  • SummaryThree boys (backs to camera) fishing in Prospect Park; boy at left has hook caught in pants; Terrace Bridge in background. Caption: "HOOKED-- ONE SMALL FRY: Peter Greco, 7, of 102 Gold St., catches something he didn't mean to catch in the Abraham & Straus Junior Angler Fishing Contest in Prospect Park. He's among 2,000 boys and girls who turned out for special 'Invitation Day' event in four-week contest which ends 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. 23, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing -- Tournaments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing rods -- 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