About This Item

  • TitleMrs. Fishberg, pushcart merchant
  • Call NumberHERZ_0290
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of Mrs. Fishberg, an elderly pushcart merchant, with African American woman and two men, all wearing winter coats, standing at outdoor market on Prospect Place in Brownsville.
  • Date1962
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. On verso: "Mrs. Fishberg, pushcart merchant for 42 years, Prospect Place market area 2 days before closing on March 19/1962." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectMarkets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.