About This Item

  • TitleGetting ready for the season
  • Call NumberHERZ_0052
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of African American man standing on ladder on Coney Island boardwalk painting large sign over doorway, "Have your handrit[ing] analy[zed]; spiritual re...;" African American woman, wearing knit hat and jacket drinking from bottle with right hand, standing in far left foreground with large, paper shopping bag beside her; man's jacket is hanging on door frame hook on far right.
  • Date1971
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May, 1971; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAfrican Americans ; Boardwalks [lctgm] ; Sign painting ; Signs [lctgm]
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • 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.