About This Item

  • TitleGaloshes come in handy
  • Call NumberNEIG_2431
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWoman with umbrella, handbag, glasses, and head scarf standing in middle of flooded street; two men, one with umbrella, other in doorway, observing from sidewalk in background; appliance store behind men; fire hydrant to left of man with umbrella. Caption: "Galoshes come in handy at Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 1, 1948. Title from caption on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRain and rainfall ; Umbrellas ; Storefronts
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Kensington (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.