About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0163
  • TitleHere's how they beat the heat
  • SummaryCaption: "Here's how they beat the heat--Mrs. Herbert Charner of 3801 18th Ave. cools her tootsies as husband forgets oars and weather on Prospect Park Lake." A young man, back to camera, is rowing in left background.
  • Date1952
  • 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 stamped: Jul[y] 14, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rowboats -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Rowing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceProspect 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: Prospect Park: Boating