About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0029
  • Title[Mount Prospect Park]
  • SummaryAerial view: caption: "Atop Mount Prospect [Park], the eight-acre old reservoir site has been transformed into a play area. New [main branch of Brooklyn Public] library is in [far right] background." There are several high-rise apartment buildings in distant background.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: June 24/39. Retouched. Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Public Library ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Playgrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceProspect Heights (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: Mount Prospect Park