About This Item

  • Call NumberEAGL_0533
  • Title"Is it that hot?"
  • SummaryCaption: "'Is it that hot?'--Sandy Kopper, finding some relief in ice cream cone, has her worst fears confirmed as she studies thermometer on old Brooklyn Eagle Building showing mercury flirting with the low 90's."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 24, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectIce cream cones ; Thermometers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Eagle