About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0542
  • TitleBr-r-r-r!
  • SummaryTwo men wearing bathing suits standing in water at beach; amusement park in background. Caption: "Br-r-r-r!--While mercury plunges, the Rev. Dr. David Cory, minister of Brooklyn's Cuyler Presbyterian Church and vice president of the Icebergs, displays delights of Coney Island to a visiting churchman, the Rev. Dr. Alfred S. Kramer of the National Council of Churches. they took a quick dip off foot of 20th St."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 13, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Beaches ; Protestant churches -- Clergy ; Swimmers
  • 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 - 1950's II