About This Item


  • Call NumberDEPT_0024
  • TitleEmulating fish
  • SummaryBoy and girl with backs to camera holding hands in Prospect Park; picnic tables and meadow in background. Caption: "EMULATING FISH: Wandering from gala Abraham & Straus 'Fish Fry' for Junior Anglers yesterday, small Rosemary Caruso, 2, of 6910 14th Ave., and Craig Mawhut, 4, of 1338 Sterling Place, plan to get lost like 'Romeo' and 'Juliet," elusive pair among the fish with which A & S stocked Prospect lake, which still has not been caught."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 30, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle Staff Photo by Fox." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- 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: Department Stores: Abraham & Straus: Fishing Contest