About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0009
  • TitleGenus mephitis
  • SummaryCaption: "Genus mephitis--Rescued from a raft in bay off 69th St. pier yesterday, the [skunk] ... was photographed ... in A. S. P. S. A. shelter, 233 Butler [St.] ..."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 8, 1950; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmerican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; Skunks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Social welfare: Animal shelters: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: I