About This Item

  • Title[Coney Island beach]
  • Call NumberRUTT_0300
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior view of crowd of people wading in the water at Coney Island beach. Inscription on recto: "Looking east from jetty no. 10, ft W. 16th St." Image includes section of amusement park in the distant background.
  • Date1923
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on recto: Sunday, July 15/23. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wading -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.