About This Item

  • Call NumberRUTT_0226
  • TitleSign at Coney Island
  • SummaryExterior, close-up view of a large sign in Coney Island reading, "Additional Bathing Facilities. The Municipal Bath, Coney Island, Was Opened for Business August 1st, 1911, and Since Then Has Provided Accomodation for 3,500,000 Bathers Without the Loss of a Single Life. In Order to Provide Increased Facilities for Women and Girls, an Addition to the Main Building Will Be Constructed on This Site and Ready for the Bathing Season of 1922. The Record Number of Bathers for One Day is 14,000. With the New Addition in Operation, 20,000 Will Be Accomodated in a Single Day. Edward Riegelmann, President, Borough of Brooklyn."
  • Date1921
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on recto: 9/29/21. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectMunicipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection ; Folder: Coney Island boardwalk: I