About This Item


  • TitleProspect Park boathouse
  • Call NumberPARK_0149
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0153, PARK 0152, PARK 0151, PARK 0150, PARK 0156, PARK 0155, PARK 0154), some of which may also be described in this new record; Eight views of the boathouse in Prospect Park, designed by Helmle & Huberty and opened in 1905. 0149, 0150, 0155, 0156, and 0157 include group of empty, moored rowboats, and 0154 and 0158 show people rowing on lake. Several of the images show a partial view of the boathouse.
  • Date1905-1968
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description8 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0151: inscription: "Harold Marks;" 0153: stamp: Pat D. Borelli." 0153: 7 x 10 in. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectBoathouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lakes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rowboats -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Rowing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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.