About This Item

  • Title[Man selling newspapers in outdoor market]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0281
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of elderly man standing behind large cart filled with Yiddish newspapers, The Day and Forward; portion of building with locked door and gate in background.
  • Date1962
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. On verso: "Prospect Place market area (open 6 days a week, closed on Saturday) 2 days before closing on 3/19/1962." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectCarriages and carts ; Newspapers
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.