This From the Vault post was originally written by Tess Colwell and published on August 23, 2017 by the Brooklyn Historical Society. To see the latest Photo of the Week entries, visit the Brooklynology blog home, or subscribe to the Center for Brooklyn History newsletter.
Anders Goldfarb is a Brooklyn-born documentary photographer. After receiving his MFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1986, he moved to Greenpoint and turned his lens on his neighborhood. His work includes many scenes from the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, but also scenes from other Brooklyn neighborhoods. Brooklyn Historical Society has a collection of 68 black-and-white photographs taken at Coney Island by Anders Goldfarb in the 1980s. The photographs document Coney Island’s beaches, boardwalk, and amusements (including the Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone). It also includes portraits of Coney Island residents and visitors.
The photo of the week here depicts a person reading on the boardwalk in Coney Island in the 1980s. Without the crowds of people and umbrellas in the sand it’s hard to believe this is Coney Island! To view more photographs of Coney Island from this collection, check out this gallery. To learn more about the Anders Goldfarb Photographs of Coney Island collection, check out the finding aid here.
Interested in seeing more photos from CBH’s collections? Visit our online image gallery, which includes a selection of our images, or the digital collections portal of Brooklyn Public Library. We look forward to inviting you to CBH in the future to research in our entire collection of images, archives, maps, and special collections. In the meantime, please visit our resources page to search our collections. Questions? Our reference staff is available to help with your research! You can reach us at cbhreference@bklynlibrary.org.
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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