About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1923
  • TitleFlood waters
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1922), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images. Caption (1922): "Allen Ave., in Gerritsen Beach, today still flooded from last night's heavy rains. Confronting a crossing problem, left to right, are Mrs. Lee Boyd and her daughter, Janet, 7,... and Mrs. Barbara Busby and her daughter, Mary Jane, 1, ..." 1923: "This is the corner of Florence Ave. and Ebony Court, where a great lake backs up every time it rains." Both images include parked automobiles and several small wood-frame houses and 1923 includes several men working with water pump in background and taxi in right foreground.
  • Date1948, 1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso of 1923.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFloods -- New York (State) -- New York ; Taxicabs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gerritsen Beach (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: Gerritsen Beach: Floods and sewerage