About This Item

  • TitlePhotograph of mother in boat holding infant daughter.
  • Call NumberOSOS_0157
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Summary(Mother) Luz and (daughter) Judith Sanchez in rowboat in Prospect Park. Inscribed in Spanish, in pen, on back. Translation: "The baby is asleep here. I'm pregnant but you can't see my big belly because I'm laying down on a boat."
  • Date11/8/1970
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph digitized on November 30, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Natalia Macias at Saint Saviour Catholic Academy. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • CreatorFernandez, Jose
  • SubjectPortraits ; Boats
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, 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.