About This Item

  • TitleStillwell Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn
  • Call NumberHERZ_0027
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryWoman, presumably a fortune teller, standing in booth on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island amusement area and girl sitting in chair in left foreground; signs on wall on far left: "Come in and have a reading by the world's greatest reader" and "Have a readin[g] ... sister."
  • Date1969
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: July 1969; photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectFortune-tellers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Girls -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.