About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1894
  • TitleMecca of fishermen
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1889), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images in different sizes. Caption (1889): "Mecca of fishermen is Sheepshead Bay where scores of boats, large and small, take thousands of deep-sea anglers ... to the ocean each weekend ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1894: 11 x 9 in. Title from caption on verso of 1889.
  • SubjectFishing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing boats -- 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