About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1003
  • TitleWashington Park, Cumberland St. between Myrtle and Willoughby Ave
  • SummaryParked cars on Cumberland Street, adjacent to Fort Greene (formerly Washington) Park; two stopped trucks in center; two workmen, one waving to camera, outside first truck; some traffic behind trucks; portion of park, with stone wall, benches, and leafy trees in left background; stoops and railings in right foreground; lamp post, elevated rail or road way, and apartment buildings in right background. Caption: See NEIG 1002.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: May 7, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Trucks ; Parks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Fort Greene: Washington Park