About This Item

  • Title[Professional reader and advisor]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0036
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HERZ 0135), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical views of woman wearing fur jacket and cowboy hat lying on beach chair on Coney Island boardwalk; she is holding newspapers and her legs are covered with blanket; small boarded-up building behind her with large sign above: "Professional reader and advisor;" portion of brick wall in right background. It is assumed that the sign refers to the woman.
  • Date1968
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March, 1968; photographer's stamp. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectBoardwalks [lctgm] ; Fortune-tellers
  • 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.