About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0027
  • TitleCarp on the corn
  • SummaryTwo boys standing before scale in Prospect Park, humorously holding up for comparison a very small catch (left) with a very large one (right); boy on left, white; boy on right, African American. Caption: "CARP ON THE CORN: Thirteen-year-old Dennis Norwood of 177 Putnam Ave., right, shows off the 19 1/4-inch, 3 3/4-pound German Carp he hauled in with corn as bait at the Abraham & Straus Fishing Contest at Prospect Park Lake yesterday. Carl Sandin, who caught a 2-ounce white perch, compares his fish with Norwood's."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Jul. 23, 1954; "Eagle Sports Photo by Mickey Senko."
  • CreatorSenko, Mickey
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing -- Tournaments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishes -- 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