About This Item

  • TitleRelaxation
  • Call NumberCLUB_0495
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CLUB 0496), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two similar images. Caption: "Relaxation--given blue skies and a minimum of wind, Sheepshead Bay yachtsmen ... find magnificent watery playground in Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. On sweltering summer days, a fur-lined jacket is more often than not standard wearing apparel for some 160 members of Miramar Yacht Club at 3128 Emmons Ave -- typical of several clubs in the area." 0495 shows one sailboat; 0496 shows two.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 10, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoats and boating -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailboats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Yacht clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Jamaica Bay (N.Y.)
  • 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.