About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0179
  • TitleProspect Park centennial
  • SummaryCaption: "Boro President Abe Stark lights gas light on main floor of Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 195 Montague St., at opening of display honoring Prospect Park centennial. BU Gas president, John E. Heyke, looks on." There is a statue of James Stranahan, sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies, in the background.
  • Date[1966?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectStranahan, J. S. T. (James Samuel Thomas), 1808-1898 ; Gas street lamps -- New York (State) -- New York ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn 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: Prospect Park: Centennial: I