About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0497
  • TitleBoat doctors
  • SummaryCaption: "Boat doctors--... Many days of labor are required every spring on each boat before it is ready to 'float for pleasure.' Bernard Kovitz of 7110 21st Ave. adjusts his outboard motor, while Jonathan Better, Merchant Marine radio officer of 2229 Ocean Parkway, drills hole on 'top deck.' Miramar [Yacht Club] program offers a wide variety of activities to its members, with social functions scheduled nearly every evening and its spacious clubhouse providing a happy haven, rain or shine."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 11, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoats and boating -- New York (State) -- New York ; Yacht clubs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Clubs: Social Miramar Yacht Club