About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0432
  • TitleToo cool to swim
  • SummaryCaption: "Too cool to swim, says Michael Reilly, 7, of 553 49th St., so, with sister Patricia as a 'backrest,' he settles for a day's fishing in Prospect Park lake."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 27, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; Eagle photo by Fox. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFishing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lakes -- 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: Parks: Prospect Park: Fishing