About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0424
  • TitleBeauty and the beach
  • SummaryTwo young women sitting on blanket on beach; portable ice chest and trash receptacle on left; portion of amusement park in blurry background. Caption: "Beauty and the beach--Two lovely mermaids, unmindful of the stiff breeze that tangled their tresses, prepare themselves for the first bit of sun to shine on Coney Island in many a weekend. Ann Schumann, left does the honors with the suntan lotion for beachmate Lorrie Ascher."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 8, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Beaches ; Suntan
  • 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 - 1950's II