About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1890
  • Title[Sheepshead Bay fishing]
  • SummaryView of several men and boys fishing on Sheepshead Bay pier. Caption: "Those who are satisfied to stay behind while the boats ply out to the dep sea find happy hunting off the end of one of the new piers."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 21/37.
  • SubjectFishing -- 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