About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_2313
  • TitleFair and warm
  • SummaryCaption: "Fair and warm--Two Brooklyn office workers, Estelle Stiegler, left, and Mary Needrith, take to water fountain in Borough Hall section in effort to cool off as borough enjoyed unseasonable October temperatures;" masonry wall, shrubbery, and trees in background.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 2, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDrinking fountains ; Fountains ; Young women
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Neighborhoods: Borough Hall