About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1595
  • TitleThe sanitary way
  • SummaryCaption: "The sanitary way--The 13th Avenue Retail Market, pictured here, [with produce stands and several shoppers] replaced a neighborhood pushcart market and brought the peddlers inside. Here the food is kept free from dust, dirt and flies. ..." The market was located in Borough Park.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 20, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFarm produce -- New York (State) -- New York ; Farmers' markets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Markets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Markets: Thirteenth Avenue Retail