About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1538
  • TitleManhattan Beach mermaids
  • SummaryCaption: "These fair mermaids from Flatbush paused in their diving exhibition at Manhattan Beach just long enough to oblige a photographer with an eye for beauty. At the foot of the diving tower, from left to right are Marguerite Schloss [991 Carroll St.], Blanche Powell, 266 E. 19th St.; Beatrice Nameson, 1925 Ocean Ave.; Rose Levy, 1271 Ocean [Parkway]. From top to bottom--Harriette Halpern, 1335 E. 22d St.; Rita Nightingale, 1630 Ocean Ave.; Marie Kelly, 2126 Ocean Parkway; Rita Kelly, 2126 Ocean Parkway, and Dvera Berson, 524 E. 23d St."
  • Date1933
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date inscribed: July14/33. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBathing suits ; Swimmers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: Beach