Title: | Huckleberry Finn style |
Description: | Barefoot boy with straw hat seated against tree in Prospect Park, with fishing line attached to stick dangling in water. Caption: "HUCKLEBERRY FINN STYLE: William Laux, an 11-year-old from 510 17th St., poses in story book style as he competes in the third annual Abraham & Straus Junior Angler Fishing Contest at Prospect Park yesterday. Some 3,000 boys and girls participated in the first-day competition. More than 7,000 are expected to compete before the tourney ends on Aug. 2." |
Date: | 1954 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Senko, Mickey. |
More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 9, 1954; "Eagle Sports Photo by Mickey Senko." Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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Subject: |
Abraham & Straus. [5] Boys [6] Fishing [7] Parks [8] |
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 0025 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/3063023e227bedcd6d8dd365d5a75cce&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Prospect+Park+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Department+Stores
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Abraham %26 Straus.
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Boys
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/f/Fishing
[8] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Parks