About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0047
  • TitleNew play area
  • SummaryCaption: "New play area--This is the new WPA-constructed playground at Ocean Ave. and Lincoln Road, in Prospect Park, designed primarily for the many children living in the large apartment houses facing this side of the park."
  • Date1941
  • 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 inscribed: 11/27/41; caption stamped: Dec. 8, 1941. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPlaygrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: General