About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0082
  • TitleThe best things in life
  • SummaryYoung girl sitting on bench eating hot dog with left hand, holding soda bottle with right hand; container of ice cream sits on her lap; garbage can on far left. Caption: "The best things in life--Three-year-old Christine Boucher of 2234 E. 71st St. has her hands full trying to keep up with the big kids of yesterday's Day of Fun staged by the residents of Bergen Beach. She may even be wondering why she wasn't born with another arm to handle the ice cream."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 16, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectEating & drinking [lctgm] ; Girls
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBergen Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bergen Beach: General