About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0567
  • TitleSpring comes--and goes
  • SummaryThree men wearing uniforms raking lawn, man driving tractor behind them, small boy in right foreground, granite (?) stairs and dais behind ornate swag iron fence, and row of apartment houses in background. Caption: "Spring comes--and goes--Park Department gardeners got out mowing machine and rakes yesterday. They put them away today. It was still warm today, almost up to yesterday's record 72.7, but it was also cloudy and windy with a few thunderstorms on tap. Tonight sharp drop will take temperature down to 30-35. Tomorrow will be fair, high only about 50. Superintending men at work in Cadman Plaza, above, was Eddie Assad, 2, of 195 Atlantic Ave."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 8, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Gardeners ; Lawn mowers ; Plazas ; Rakes
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Cadman Plaza 1951-1955