About This Item


  • TitleRichard O'Brien
  • Call NumberPARK_0372
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0373), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images of Richard O'Brien, head keeper at Prospect Park Zoo. 0372 is a portrait and 0373 shows him feeding Judy, a 42-year-old elephant.
  • Date1949, 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0372: date stamped: Dec. 18, 1949; 0373: date stamped: Oct. 1, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Photograph by Jules Geller." Title from captions on versos.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectElephants -- New York (State) -- New York ; Zoo keepers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Zoos -- 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.