About This Item

  • TitleSurf Avenue
  • Call NumberHERZ_0017
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of handwriting analysis shop on Coney Island boardwalk at Surf Avenue with three large signs ("Handwriting analysis; reader, adviser"), one over entrance and one in window on each side; two women sitting in foreground, one at ticket booth with sign, "25 [cents]" in center and another on right wearing white kerchief, white apron and covering her face with right hand.
  • Date1967
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Oct., 1967; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectGraphology ; Writing
  • 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.