About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2292
  • TitleVery warm for Christmas
  • SummaryYoung woman carrying coat and purse; street lamp on tall post in right foreground, three high-rise office buildings in background. Caption: "Very warm for Christmas--... Irene Andersen strolls across Borough Hall Park in front of giant Christmas tree [with two tall ladders leaning against it and two workmen, one holding ladder on left, one climbing] ... Weather man says mercury, in 50s today, will get 'close to 60' tomorrow ..."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Dec. 3, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChristmas trees ; Office buildings ; Street lighting
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Neighborhoods: Borough Hall