About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0312
  • TitleDavid Sherman
  • SummaryBoy wearing cap standing on pier holding fishing rod in left hand and fish on hook in right hand with Nathan's billboard in left background. Caption: "... fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest ... at Steeplechase Pier. ... Photo shows David Sherman, 7, of 843 Saratoga Avenue, Bkly[n] holding his blowfish which he caught and demonstrating with his cheeks how the fish would inflate itself."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 25, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectFishing ; 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