About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0316
  • TitleLucy Brodsky
  • SummaryPoliceman and girl standing on pier with water in background; he is holding fish and she is holding fishing rod and line. Caption: " ... fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest ... at Steeplechase Pier. ... Photo shows a jittery young lady, Lucy Brodsky, 13, of 958 42nd St., Brooklyn getting some help from Patrolman Andrew J. Walters, 75th Precinct, in removing the fish which she caught from her hook."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 25, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectFishing ; Police ; Tournament fishing
  • 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: Steeplechase/Pier