About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0408
  • TitleTemperature boost
  • SummaryCaption: "Temperature boost--Thomas O'Neill, 2, of Stratford Road, offers manly assistance to Lourie Young, also 2, of 15 Stratford Road, at [Prospect Park] parade grounds fountain as mercury climbed to record-breaking figures."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Aug. 2, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Senko." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSenko. Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDrinking fountains -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fountains -- New York (State) -- New York ; Toddlers -- 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: Parks: Prospect Park: Parade grounds: Club house