About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0407
  • TitleCastles in the sand
  • SummaryFive boys (one holding pail) and two girls playing on beach; several adult sunbathers in background. Caption: "Castles in the sand--These youngsters had no difficulties with priorities on materials for their house construction, although the finished product, of Coney Island sand, was far from substantial."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 17, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches ; Sandcastles
  • 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