About This Item

  • TitleRod and reel
  • Call NumberNEIG_1893
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Rod and reel--Dressed for rough water and equipped with rods, reels and other appropriate impedimenta, these deep sea fishermen are shown anxiously scanning the time table of the fishing fleet at Sheepshead Bay. ..."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: June 15/40.; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectFishing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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.