About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0238
  • TitleOnly the pets can swim
  • SummaryCaption: "Only the pets can swim--... The ... trio is ... giving their pets a good ducking [in Prospect Park lake]. Shown, left to right, are Jerry Petit, ..., with his dog, Blackie; William Gates, ..., holding Sergeant, and an unidentified buddy."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Oct. 7, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDogs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lakes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect 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: Lake