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  • Title[Rockaway]
  • Call NumberBRID_0171
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0175, BRID 0176, BRID 0177, BRID 0170, BRID 0172, BRID 0173, BRID 0169, BRID 0178), some of which may also be described in this new record; Nine views, in two different sizes, of several locations in Rockaway, Queens, including 73rd Street,103rd Street, 106th Street, and 107th Street. 0169-0171 show boardwalk in foregrouond; 0172 shows demolition debris; 0173 shows sand dunes in foreground; 0175-0178 show sections of Shore Front Parkway, all of which include automobiles; 0175, 0177, and 0178 also show section of Rockaway Beach.
  • Date1938, 1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description9 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0175: cropped: 5 x 10 in. Dates stamped on versos: 0169: 4/1/38; 0170, 0173: 4/12/38; 0171: 5/26/39; 0172: 7/28/38; 0175: 1939; 0177, 0178: 5/25/39. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boardwalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parkways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roads -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceQueens (New York, N.Y.)Rockaway (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.