| 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 |