About This Item


  • TitleBatter up!
  • Call NumberPARK_0017
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0016), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views: caption (0016): Batter up!--Children ... start batting a couple around in McCarren Park at Driggs Ave and Lorimer St. The park was named in memory of State Senator Pat McCarren who was a Greenpoint hero ..." There is a group of residential buildings in far background. 0017 shows two pedestrians and dog at park entrance and traffic light in right foreground.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0016: grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Mar 12, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso of 0016.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBaseball for children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Traffic signs and signals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationMcCarren Play Center (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.