About This Item

  • Title[Young man playing guitar]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0056
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of young man, perhaps a hippie, with long hair and headband playing guitar. Inscription indicates he is sitting on the beach, presumably Coney Island.
  • Date1970
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March, 1970; photographer's stamp. On verso: "All he would say to me was 'I wish you would leave me alone;' it was 29 [degrees], he sat on the beach, all alone & played to himself." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectGuitars [lctgm] ; Hippies ; Musicians
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.