About This Item


  • Title[Coney Island boardwalk]
  • Call NumberRUTT_0307
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior view of a group of people walking or standing on the Coney Island boardwalk. Image includes a large group of people on the beach in the distant background. Inscription on recto: "Looking east from Mooney's Bath at W. 8th St."
  • Date1923
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on recto: Sunday, July 22/23. Title from inscription on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boardwalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.