About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0400
  • TitleEmpty baskets amid Coney Island filth
  • SummaryYoung man and young woman sitting on beach looking at each other; many people and several large buildings in background. Caption: "Empty baskets amid Coney Island filth--Couple sit amid beach litter while trash receptacles lie unused."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 10, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches ; Refuse and refuse disposal
  • 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: Beach - 1940's