About This Item


  • TitleJames La Vita
  • Call NumberPARK_0438
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "James La Vita, 11, of 237 Walworth St., feels a 'big one' bite and starts reeling in his line [at Prospect Park lake]."
  • Date1953
  • 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: caption stamped: Sep[t] 6, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFishing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lakes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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.