About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1852
  • TitleShark
  • SummaryCaption: "[Several men on fishing boat standing on each side of] 8-foot shark caught on [Sheepshead Bay fishing] trip ... When shark appears, boat captain takes over for big fish is too heavy for ordinary tackle. After shark is hooked, skipper shoots him with rifle."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 X 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 18, 1950.
  • SubjectFishing boats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sharks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Waterfront: Fishing