About This Item

  • TitleCanarsie bathers
  • Call NumberNEIG_0336
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo images: Canarsie Beach Park with many people on beach and in water, amusement area in left background, and several boats and buildings in right background; "Rtise" printed in white ink in square in lower left outlined in white. Image in lower right (4 x 6 1/2 in.) is small building with two windows and sign: "U. S. Vol. Life Saving Station; First Aid Station ..."
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: section of left margin appears to be missing on original image. On verso: date inscribed: July 11/29. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Beaches ; Lifesaving stations
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.