About This Item

  • TitleAssemblyman Peter Abbate
  • Call NumberDODIN_0051
  • Cite AsLev Dodin photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAssemblymean Peter Abbate waving to crowd from open carriage drawn by elaborately caparisoned horse during Columbus Day Parade on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst; carriage driver near his side; crowd watching from sidewalk at left; sign above storefront at left reads, "MARBLE IMPORTERS DISTRIBUTORS."
  • Date1999
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrecolor photographsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by photographer. Backing on recto: date labeled: October 9, 1999.
  • CreatorDodin, Lev (Photographer)
  • SubjectAbbate, Peter (Peter J.) ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Columbus Day
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.