About This Item

  • TitlePolar Bears, Coney Island
  • Call NumberHERZ_0100
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of six members of Polar Bear Club on Coney Island beach; man in foreground, wearing bathing suit, is standing on his head, held up by another man; man on left is wearing bathing suit, two women on right and man in right background, kneeling, is taking picture with camera; cap on beach in far right foreground; several patches of snow on beach.
  • Date1973
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1973; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAthletic clubs ; Beaches ; Clubs ; Gymnasts
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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.