About This Item


  • TitleHow to be happy though hot
  • Call NumberDEPT_0145
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "How to be happy though hot--...A group of Brooklyn youngsters cool off at Macy's Flatbush while they wait for Mom to finish shopping. Macy's was glad to oblige, letting kids put equipment of store's outdoor shop to good use."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 27, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Photography by Jules Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDepartment stores -- New York (State) -- New York ; Patios -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wading -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.