About This Item


  • Call NumberPARK_0075
  • Title[Dyker Beach Golf Course]
  • SummaryCaption: "Protests with more than 300 signatures of local people have been forwarded to Mayor LaGuardia, Park Commissioner Moses and Brooklyn Recreation Supervisor Jenkins, by the Shore View and Dyker Park Golf Clubs. The golfers are protesting the construction of a parking space near the 18th hole. The photograph shows the construction work ... In its present location, according to the golfers, automobiles parked there will be damaged by the balls."
  • Date1937
  • 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: May 14/37; "Home Talk photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorHome Talk [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectConstruction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Golf courses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceDyker 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: Dyker Beach Golf Course & Park: General