About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1746
  • TitleNew park benches
  • SummaryFather and son, mother with baby carriage, and other pedestrians sitting on benches under leafy trees along median strip; convertible automobile in left background. Caption: "New park benches and new footpaths add to the comfort of residents of Eastern Parkway from Ralph to Washington Aves."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 24, 1939. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; cut to form oval except for straight line at bottom.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMedian strips ; Parkways ; Baby carriages [lctgm] ; Automobiles, Convertible
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Crown Heights: Neighborhoods