About This Item

  • Call NumberLEWI_0005
  • Title[Surf Avenue]
  • SummaryClose-up view of an unidentified man standing on Surf Avenue in Coney Island. Image includes several other pedestrians, all back to camera, in left background.
  • Date1902
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: 1902. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorLewis, H. S.
  • SubjectPedestrians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Streets -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsH. S. Lewis photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderH. S. Lewis photograph collection