About This Item


  • TitleMountain goat
  • Call NumberNEIG_0308
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGoat wearing collar and leash standing on lawn. Caption: "Goats are rapidly disappearing in the metropolitan area, but Mrs. Carolyn Dickson, with her mountain goat, Harry, preserves the reputation of Canarsie as a goat haven. Harry lives in the back of the Dickson home at 44 Truckleman Lane."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March 10/39. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGoats
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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.