Small fry beat the heat - Digital Collections

Call NumberNEIG_2298
TitleSmall fry beat the heat
SummaryBoy in bathing suit in Gowanus area sitting on top of open fire hydrant; two girls in bathing suits looking on from sidewalk; iron fence and ground floor of building in background. Caption: "Small fry beat the heat -- Emilio Pastrawa, 8, does it the old-fashioned way by holding hot feet under stream of cold water from fireplug near his home at 18 Dennet Place."
Date1953
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 7 in.
Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 20, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
CreatorBrooklyn eagle
Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
SubjectChildren ; Hydrants ; Bathing suits
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: Gowanus: Dennet Place