About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1843
  • TitleSheepshead Bay Speedway
  • SummaryCaption: ["Aerial view of] unusual view of the great throng at Sheepshead Bay Speedway and the fastest drivers in the world flashing around the track at 100 miles an hour. ..."
  • Date1917
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date typed: 9/24/17. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectAutomobile racing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Racetracks (Automobile racing) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Racing automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Spectators -- 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