About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0311
  • TitleKarin Fasco
  • SummaryGirl wearing large cap kneeling on pier with crumpled newspapers in left foreground and several men, benches and trash receptacle in background. Caption: "... fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest at Steeplechase Pier. ... Photo shows Karin Fasco, five years of age, of 2834 West 16th St., Coney Island, ably preparing her own bait."
  • 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 ; 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