Coney fishing contest

Coney fishing contest
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Title: Coney fishing contest
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Caption: "Coney fishing contest--the fish didn't have a chance when this lineup of 700 boys and girls cast their hooks over sides of Steeplechase Pier in second annual angling contest for small fry. the winner, Ralph Carabetta, 15, hooked a six-pound 11-ounce skate;" section of amusement park in background.

Date: 1952
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks.
On verso: caption stamped: May 18, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Coney Island
Subject: Amusement parks
Fishing
Tournament fishing
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: CONE 0313