About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0069
  • TitleEagle spurs cleanup action
  • SummaryCrew of workmen with rakes cleaning beach; two trash receptacles, three women sitting on beach in left foreground, and jetty in background. Caption: "Eagle spurs cleanup action--Informed by the Brooklyn Eagle of complaints of unsanitary conditions at Coney Island beach, Mayor O'Dwyer immediately ordered Park Department officials to begin a cleanup campaign. An emergency detail is shown hand-raking the beach for litter at Stillwell late yesterday."
  • Date1946
  • 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 stamped: Jul[y] 12, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches ; Sanitation
  • 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: Cleanup drive