About This Item

  • TitleProspect Place market area
  • Call NumberHERZ_0284
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of one man, four women, and one girl standing at outdoor market on Prospect Place in Brownsville; all are wearing winter attire, and two of the women are African American.
  • Date1962
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. On verso: "2 days before closing on 3/19/1962." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAfrican American women ; Markets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.