About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0318
  • TitleTherese Gonsieski
  • SummaryYoung girl wearing coat, with Nathan's button, and hat standing on pier holding fishing rod in left hand and fish on line in right hand. Caption: "... fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest at Steeplechase Pier. ... Photo shows five year old Therese Gonsieski, of 254 Jackson St., Brooklyn, mighty proud of the fish she caught, no matter how tiny it is."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 25, 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