About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0419
  • TitleHang your muffler on a hickory limb
  • SummaryTwo men wearing bathing suits pulling woman wearing coat, gloves, and scarf toward water on Coney Island beach. Caption: "Hang your muffler on a hickory limb--Mary lou Creash, 17, an obstinately sane resident of 1433 E. 37th St., refuses to go near the water despite the urging of Edward (Chief Running Horse) Sorocki and James Callahan, secretary of the Iceberg Athletic Club of Coney Island. The Icebergs launched their 37th year of out-of-season swimming yesterday afternoon."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 3, 1954. 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.