Tagging fish for kids' contest

Tagging fish for kids' contest
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Title: Tagging fish for kids' contest
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Two men, one standing in water with net, one crouching on bank, handling small fish , as children (partially visible) look on. Caption: "TAGGING FISH FOR KIDS' CONTEST: With Abraham & Straus Junior Anglers Fishing Contest getting under way today, Aquarium workers tag some of 99 fish which will win prizes for their captors. Scene is Prospect Park Lake, where tourney, which will end in big fish fry Aug. 29, was launched this morning. Some 2,000 young anglers are enrolled."

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Michaelson, A. G.
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date stamped: Jul. 16, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle staff; photographer's stamp.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Department Stores
Subject: Abraham & Straus.
Fishes
Fish tagging
Fishing
Parks
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 0021