About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0317
  • TitleBarry Kahn
  • SummaryBoy wearing cap sitting on pier holding fishing rod. Caption: "... fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest at Steeplechase Pier. ... Photo shows Barry Kahn, aged, nine, of 2855 W. 28th St., Coney Island catching up on some sleep he missed by getting up early for the contest."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso; date stamped: May 25, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Pencil cropping marks. 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