About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0157
  • TitleLaunching spring
  • SummaryCaption: "Launching spring--Hard in the wake of the first crocuses, boatmen of Prospect Park launch [moored] rowboats resurrected from winter drydock. Patrolman Frank Sarlo looks on as Harry Carboy, Hugh Farren, Michael Punch and Frank Mack, left to right, ease boat into water."
  • 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: caption stamped: Mar. 23, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rowboats -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Boathouse