About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1892
  • TitleStale whale
  • SummaryCaption: "Stale whale--This dead whale, gazed at raptly by [four] passersby [back to camera], was towed to a creek alongside the Lavoy Shipyard Co., 2777 Knapp St., in the Sheepshead Bay area, by John Perone, a fisherman, who said he will sell it to a fat-rendering company. It was found off the Ambrose Light and had apparently been killed by a steamship."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 16, 1949; "Eagle staff photo by Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHarbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Whales -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Waterfront: General