About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0015
  • TitleMcCarren Park swimming pool
  • SummaryAerial view of an architectural rendering. Caption: "... The McCarren Park swimming pool [and bathhouse], located at Lorimer St. and Driggs Ave. ... will have its formal opening tomorrow night with speeches by Mayor LaGuardia and ... other dignitaries. ..."
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: July 30/36. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBathhouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Swimming pools -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationMcCarren Play Center (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: Parks: McCarren Park