About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0405
  • TitleBy the shores of Coney Island
  • SummaryCaption: "By the shores of Coney Island--Brave souls that they were, these bathers hesitated not despite yesterday's chilly breezes in enjoying the ocean at Brooklyn's famed resort."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 17, 1946. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches ; Swimmers
  • 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: Beach - 1940's