About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1850
  • TitleSheepshead Bay Speedway
  • SummaryInscription: "[Several] racing cars [and drivers] at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway lining up for preliminary run around track." A group of spectators is seated on bleachers in right background.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 9, 1915; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectAutomobile racing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Automobiles, Racing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Racetracks (Automobile racing) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Racing automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Sheepshead Bay: Speedway: General