About This Item


  • Call NumberTHEA_0064
  • TitleOil's well, says model
  • SummaryYoung woman in striped dess applying oil from oil can to machinery. Caption on verso: "OIL'S WELL, SAYS MODEL: She's Mara Zurbin of 71 Brooklyn Ave. and she says it as she puts that final touch on giant new $100,000 cooling plant installed in Loew's Premier Theater, Sutter Ave. and Hinsdale St., in preparation for those hot days a-coming."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun 2, 1949. Photographer's stamp on recto and verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAir conditioning -- Equipment and supplies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Oilcans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Theatres: Loews Premier