About This Item

  • 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