About This Item


  • Call NumberPARK_0058
  • TitleSurvey proposed playground
  • SummaryCaption: "Survey proposed playground--Borough President Cashmore, center, inspecting proposed location for a playground for Brooklyn Heights children at Columbia Heights and Middagh St. At left is Borough Works Commissioner John J. Lynch and, at right, Philip P. Farley, consulting engineer to the borough president." Image also includes several pedestrians, laborer working on far right, and several apartment houses in background.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 14, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Parks: Playgrounds: People