About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0454
  • Title[Prospect Park centennial]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0452, PARK 0453, PARK 0450, PARK 0451, PARK 0455), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six views of Prospect Park centennial celebration. 0450 and 0454 show people in 19th century costumes riding in horse-drawn vehicles; 0451 shows Parks Commissioner Thomas Hoving, Miss Prospect Park, and Brooklyn Borough President Abe Stark; 0452 shows Mayor John Lindsay with birthday cake; 0455 shows 19th century fire truck.
  • Date[1966]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectHoving, Thomas, 1931-2009 ; Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet) ; Birthday cakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire engines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Prospect Park: Centennial: I