About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2473
  • TitleOnly the running
  • SummaryEleven boys with rakes and sickles clearing a field of tall grass in Mill Basin; buildings and telephone poles in background. Caption: "Only the running -- Shown here is what several dozen Mill Basin kids hope will soon be a baseball diamond. The lovely lawn, with weeds up to seven feet high, is on E. 55th St. near Avenue U. Deadline for the civic improvement will be well before school starts -- Oh, that word!".
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 1, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. On caption: "Eagle Staff Photo"; caption on verso followed by news article.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys ; Reclamation of land ; Rakes ; Sickles
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Mill Basin (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: Mill Basin: Neighborhoods