About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1788
  • TitleLast farmer
  • SummaryCaption: "Last farmer--Frank Albanese harvests last Italian dandelion crop from remnants of farm that once covered site of Sheepshead Bay-Nostrand houses shown in background. Concrete posts mark site of grandstand at old Sheepshead Bay Racetrack."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 4, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDandelions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Farm produce -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: General