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  • TitleThis is cattle country, pardnuh!
  • Call NumberWORK_0145
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMan sitting on stool milking cow; second man in background looking on. Caption: "This is cattle country, pardnuh!: 264 head of cattle and calves, to be exact, roam the range within the confines of Kings County. Here Stanley Stanelwcz fills a milk pail out at the Wortman Dairy Farm at 549 Wortman Ave., where Jacob and Paul Wank keep 66 Holsteins and Guernseys...."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 9, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMilking -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dairy workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dairy farms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cows
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.