About This Item


  • TitleView of Prospect Park & Merry-go-Round, Brooklyn, N.Y
  • Call NumberPOST_0128
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Long Meadow dotted with trees in Prospect Park; original carousel (no longer extant) in right background; long rectangular wooden structure known as Picnic Shelter (no longer extant) in middle ground.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Correspondence on verso; postmark: Apr. 7, 1910. Retouched in color.
  • SubjectParks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Picnic grounds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.