About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0307
  • TitleFinal day of fishing contest
  • SummaryThree men standing under awning; man in center is holding a fish; small house in background. Caption: "Final day of the fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest at Steeplechase Pier today, Sunday, May 23. Photo shows (left to right) Murray Handwerker, of Nathan's Famous, with Jacob Bien, 72, oldest contestant catching a fish, and John Downing, Recreation Director of the Park Separtment. They're in front of a display showing the week's catch."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 26, 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