About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_2308
  • TitleUnprepared
  • SummarySmall dog with leash sitting on outdoor table head to head with boy sipping from a paper cup with straw. Caption: "Unprepared -- Caught unawares by the sudden advent of warm weather, dog Tuffy did not supply himself with straw to share toast to springtime yesterday with 9-year-old master, Charlie Hale of 611 Vanderbilt Ave."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 23, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys ; Dogs
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Heights (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: Prospect Heights: Neighborhoods