About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0537
  • TitleMountain to Mohammed
  • SummaryCaption: "Mountain to Mohammed--Richard Distasto, 1, of 518 4th St., refused to go into ocean at Coney Island, so friend, Kenneth Lund, 5, of 4120 8th Ave., brings ocean to him."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 21, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children playing outdoors -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Pails -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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