About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0540
  • TitleC'mon in, honey, it's just water
  • SummaryWoman, girl, and several boys, all wearing bathing suits, standing (one sitting) in pool with several people in somewhat blurry background. Caption: "C'mon in, honey, it's just water--Three-year-old Carrie Pietra of 177 Avenue Z admits the weather is hot, but that water in the Steeplechase Pool is too cold for Carrie's young tastes. That's mamma, Mrs. Della Pietra, doing the persuading."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso; date stamped: Jun[e] 22, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBathing suits ; Swimmers ; Swimming pools
  • 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/Pool