About This Item

  • TitleAthletic field
  • Call NumberWORK_1019
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of athletic field in Astoria, Queens, possibly owned by the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company. Image includes many people on field, many parked automobiles and trucks, small one-story building in foreground, two tents in right background, and Hell Gate Bridge in far background.
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: July 9/29. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAthletic fields -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceAstoria (New York, N.Y.)Hell Gate Bridge (New York, N.Y.)Queens (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.