About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0021
  • TitleTagging fish for kids' contest
  • SummaryTwo men, one standing in water with net, one crouching on bank, handling small fish , as children (partially visible) look on. Caption: "TAGGING FISH FOR KIDS' CONTEST: With Abraham & Straus Junior Anglers Fishing Contest getting under way today, Aquarium workers tag some of 99 fish which will win prizes for their captors. Scene is Prospect Park Lake, where tourney, which will end in big fish fry Aug. 29, was launched this morning. Some 2,000 young anglers are enrolled."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 16, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle staff; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMichaelson, A. G.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Fishes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fish tagging -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing -- Tournaments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- 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: Department Stores: Abraham & Straus: Fishing Contest