About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn Terminal Market
  • Call NumberNEIG_1572
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1571, NEIG 1577, NEIG 1575, NEIG 1579, NEIG 1578, NEIG 1568), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views, in different sizes, of men buying and selling produce at Brooklyn Terminal Market in Canarsie. Caption (1571): "... Cosimo Volpe of East Meadow, L. I., proffers some samples to prospective buyers;" 1572: "... Awaiting the opening gong is Dominick Tedesco of Farmingdale;" 1575: "...Farmer Ted Collins, left, lends a helping hand to Irving Levine ...;" 1577: "Anthony Polimeni of 6622 11th Ave., examines a basket of peppers;" 1579: "Joseph Schreibman, proproetor of a fruit and vegetable market at 895-A Nostrand Ave., makes sure that the bushels of tomatoes he's about to buy are properly ripened ..."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1568, 1571, 1572: cropped. 1571: on verso: "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." All except 1578 are retouched. Title from caption on verso of 1571.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFarm produce -- New York (State) -- New York ; Farmers' markets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Markets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.