About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2299
  • TitleIn the !!**!! old summertime
  • SummaryThree toddlers playing with inflatable pool; boy on left is standing in pool and holding toy in left hand, girl in middle is sitting on lawn with right hand in pool, and boy on right is kneeling on lawn with left hand in pool; hedge fence in background. Caption: "In the !!**!! old summertime--It paid to be young today and small enough to fit into a toy pool, like Evan Kottler and Richard Kronick of 235 and 225 Adams St. and Sarah Rubinton of 270 Jay St., as the head wave went into its seventh day."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 31, 1953; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHeat waves (Meteorology) ; Swimming pools ; Toddlers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Adams Street