About This Item

  • Call NumberDEPT_0022
  • TitleHe got the first one!
  • SummarySmiling boy with hooked fish and fishing pole standing with outstretched arms by lake bank. Caption: "HE GOT THE FIRST ONE!: Up bright and early to cast his line in Prospect Park Lake at 7 a.m. each day since the Abraham & Straus Junior Angler Fishing Contest began last Wednesday, Billy Rasso, 7, of 560 Prospect Ave., hooked the first of the 99 specially tagged fish. As the first Junior Angler to hook a prize catch he'll receive a complete fishing kit at the gala 'fish fry' on Aug. 29. . . ."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 22, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAbraham & Straus ; Boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Award winners -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing rods -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fishing -- Tournaments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Department Stores: Abraham & Straus: Fishing Contest