| Title: | Carp on the corn |
| Description: | Two boys standing before scale in Prospect Park, humorously holding up for comparison a very small catch (left) with a very large one (right); boy on left, white; boy on right, African American. Caption: "CARP ON THE CORN: Thirteen-year-old Dennis Norwood of 177 Putnam Ave., right, shows off the 19 1/4-inch, 3 3/4-pound German Carp he hauled in with corn as bait at the Abraham & Straus Fishing Contest at Prospect Park Lake yesterday. Carl Sandin, who caught a 2-ounce white perch, compares his fish with Norwood's." |
| 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. 23, 1954; "Eagle Sports Photo by Mickey Senko." |
| Collection: | Department Stores [4]
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| Subject: |
Abraham & Straus. [5] Boys [6] Fishing [7] Fishes [8] Parks [9] |
| 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 0027 |