About This Item

  • TitleGravesend race track
  • Call NumberNEIG_1367
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryStreet (race track?) and sidewalk in Gravesend with row of two-story houses on each side; houses on left have awnings; three young women and one child in front of house on far left, one child sitting on lawn; two small trees on grassy strip between sidewalk and street.
  • Date1923
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped into oval shape. On recto: "Gravesend race track printed in black in black-outlined white scroll at bottom. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 26/23; "Eagle" inscription. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectHouses [lctgm] ; Racetracks [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gravesend (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.