About This Item

  • Title[Elderly man with grocery cart]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0054
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of elderly man, perhaps homeless, wearing jacket and cap standing in Coney Island holding blanket; grocery cart in foreground containing cardboard box ("Villa Armando"), piece of rolled carpet, and other unidentifiable objects.
  • 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 supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectCarriages and carts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Carts & wagons -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Homeless persons
  • 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.