It's first day of winter
Order this Image
Original Record
| Title: | It's first day of winter |
| Description: | Caption: "It's first day of winter--And Brooklyn's Albert Wetzler, winter vacationing at Grossinger's, celebrates by breaking through the ice for an invigorating (English translation cold) swim in the lake. Skater Maureen Millerick pauses in her skating and shivers. Mr. W. belongs to the Polar Bear Club, whose members regularly perform winter swimming rites at Coney Island." |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Location: | Grossinger (N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks. Date stamped on verso: Dec. 21, 1949. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Clubs
|
| Subject: |
Polar Bear Club (New York, N.Y.) Lakes Skaters Snow Swimmers |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portraits. |
| 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: | CLUB 0452 |
