About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1907
  • TitleGerritsen Beach
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1906), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, originally one image: Caption: "Gerritsen Beach civic groups are seeking to dredge Hog Creek, a former link between Shell Bank Creek and Rockaway Inlet in order to facilitate the tide's removal of sewage now dumping into Shell Bank. ..." Images show beach and shore in foreground and group of small wood-frame houses in background.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 4 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 1906: "Eagle photo;" on recto of 1907: "Eagle" printed in lower right corner. Title from inscription on cardboard backing below image on 1906.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gerritsen Beach (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: Gerritsen Beach: General