| Title: | Double luck |
| Description: | Boy eating at picnic table and holding fishing pole. Caption: "DOUBLE LUCK: Young anglers above are shown with prizes awarded by Abraham & Straus to lucky kids who caught tagged fish in Prospect Park lake. At gala 'Fish Fry' in park's picnic grounds yesterday, borough department store gave away $2,000 worth of gifts as climax to its Junior Anglers contest. . . . Billy Rasso, 8, in center photo [DEPT 0019], is congratulated by Robert E. Blum, vice president of A & S, left, and Richard C. Jenkins, superintendent of parks, for winning $25 fishing kit. In photo at right [0020], Alan Eisenbert, 4, raptly contemplates prize fishing pole as he muches picnic fish." |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Fox, Dan. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso of DEPT 0019. Retouched. |
| Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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| Subject: |
Abraham & Straus. [5] Boys [6] Award winners [7] Fishing rods [8] Fishing [9] Parks [10] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | DEPT 0020 |