About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0500
  • Title"We were just skylarking"
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0501), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "'We were just skylarking'--That's how three youths explained their breaking of store windows shown above, at 327, 329 and 331 Atlantic Ave.;" sign above store on far left: "Atlantic Rubber Stamp Co.;" sign above middle store: "Coolers, work benches;" man is repairing window in right background (sign above store is undecipherable); boy is standing on sidewalk in far right foreground; portions of two other commercial/residential buildings in far right background.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped; Oct. 11, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJuvenile delinquency ; Stores, Retail ; Vandalism
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBoerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Boerum Hill: Atlantic Avenue