About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1542
  • TitleWho owns it?
  • SummaryAerial view of storm-damaged Manhattan Beach esplanade with water on right and several houses in left background. Caption: "Who owns it--that's a $64 question the Park Department would like to have answered in connection with explanade of Manhattan Beach."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 29, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectErosion ; Seawalls [lctgm] ; Shorelines
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: Esplanade