About This Item


  • TitleJacob Riis Park
  • Call NumberPARK_0001
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0002, PARK 0005, PARK 0004, PARK 0007, PARK 0009, PARK 0008), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views, in two different sizes, of Jacob Riis Park, primarily a beach, in Rockaway, Queens. Images include central mall building, parking lot, playground, golf course, and men's shower and restroom area.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0001, 0002: 5 x 8 in. Title from caption on verso of 0001.
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Golf courses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Playgrounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationJacob Riis Park Historic District (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.