About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2302
  • TitleBrother, it's hot!
  • SummaryMan standing in front of building wiping forehead. Caption: "Brother, it's hot!--Mailman, Anthony D'Angelo of 82 1/2 Douglass St., sums up the sentiments of his fellow Brooklynites as he finds it just a bit too warm for comfort while toting his mailbag around downtown areas."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 11, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHeat waves (Meteorology) ; Letter carriers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble Hill (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: Cobble Hill: Neighborhoods