About This Item


  • TitleProspect Park carousel
  • Call NumberPARK_0168
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0169, PARK 0167, PARK 0177, PARK 0176, PARK 0170), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six images, in different sizes, of children riding the carousel in Prospect Park. 0167 shows Loretta, Leslie and Lorraine Leong; 0168 shows Linda Vospalek being held by her mother, Eunice; 0169 shows Carol Latham with Borough President Cashmore and several other men; 0170 shows Bernard Corn crying; 0176 shows Virginia Lynn Minkinson; 0177 shows Johnny Flood holding his sister, Mary Jane, who is looking into lion's mouth.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0169: 6 x 8 in.; 0170: 8 x 6 in.; 0176: 10 x 8 in. Retouched. Title from caption on verso of 0176.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMerry-go-rounds -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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.