About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1594
  • TitleThirteenth Ave. Retail Market
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1593), some of which may also be described in this new record; Inscription (1593): "Markets Commissioner William Fellowes Morgan, Jr., Mayor LaGuardia & Borough President Ingersoll (left to right) at the opening of Brooklyn's first municipal retail market, 13th Ave., btwn 3d & 40th Sts. It will eliminate the large pushcart market in that neighborhood." Caption (1594): "... The picture shows [left to right] Anthony Fiduccia, one of the dealers, with Mayor LaGuardia and Borough President Ingersoll, inspecting one of the 137 stands in the new market." There are several other people, including one police officer, in the background of each image.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1593: 7 x 10 in. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso of 1593.
  • SubjectLa Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 ; Farm produce -- New York (State) -- New York ; Farmers' markets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Markets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Markets: Thirteenth Avenue Retail