About This Item


  • Call NumberSWEL_0747
  • Title[Prospect Park Branch of YMCA]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (SWEL 0751, SWEL 0750, SWEL 0749, SWEL 0748, SWEL 0752, SWEL 0741, SWEL 0740, SWEL 0743, SWEL 0742, SWEL 0745, SWEL 0744, SWEL 0746), some of which may also be described in this new record; Thirteen interior views of the Prospect Park Branch of the YMCA located on Ninth Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. Images include swimming pool, massage room, barber shop, billiard room, club room, bedroom, reading room, dining room, living room, restaurant, and gymnasium. 0751 is "log cabin."
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description13 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0746: 10 x 8 in. On verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorMaugans, J. C.
  • SubjectYMCA of Greater New York ; Barbershops -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bedrooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Billiard rooms -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Dining rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Living rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Massage -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reading rooms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Restaurants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Swimming pools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Social welfare: Young Men's Christian Association: Buildings: Interiors