About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0541
  • TitleButtering up for old sol
  • SummaryTwo young women wearing bathing suits standing on boardwalk with Wonder Wheel in background. Caption: "Buttering up for old sol--Patti Packs of 321 Vanderbilt Ave. does the honors with the suntan lotion for Marlene Ris of 6106 25th Ave., at Steeplechase Pool, Coney Island."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 22, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBathing suits ; Boardwalks
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Steeplechase/Pool