Title: | Beauty and the beach |
Description: | Two 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." |
Date: | 1952 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Kruh, Johnny, photographer. |
More Details: |
On verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 8, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Coney Island [4]
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Subject: |
Amusement parks [5] Beaches [6] Suntan [7] |
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 0424 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/2c6d9f2ed39703607ac296267bee74a4&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Coney+Island+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Coney+Island
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Amusement parks
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Beaches
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Suntan