About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0056
  • TitlePlayland for borough tots
  • SummaryCaption: "Playland for borough tots--Children are shown enjoying the new irrigated sandpit of the 1 1/4 acre playground on the north side of Aberdeen St. near Bushwick Ave. recently completed by the Department of Parks. A reconstruction project of the park included relocation of slides, swings and seesaws for kindergarten and older children." Image includes two adult women, presumably mothers, and several older children.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 17, 1942. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPlaygrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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: Parks: Playgrounds: People