About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0077
  • TitleDyker Beach
  • SummaryCaption: "Quicksand holes ... on Dyker Beach, in which two men and a boy almost lost their lives, are now being guarded night and day by police. Measures to remove the danger of the holes are being taken by the Park Department." There are two small sheds in background.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Eagle photo" printed in white ink in lower right. On verso: date inscribed: July 7/32. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Quicksand -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Dyker 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: Dyker Beach Golf Course & Park: General