About This Item


  • TitleBoardwalk
  • Call NumberRUTT_0296
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior view of a crowd people standing on the Coney Island boardwalk. Image includes a building in the upper right with sign, "Feltman's." Inscription on recto: "Looking S. W. from E. ramp, showing section of pony track & boardwalk."
  • Date1923
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on recto: 7/15/23. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boardwalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.