About This Item


  • TitleScovil's Walk
  • Call NumberRUTT_0291
  • Cite AsEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior view of Scovil's Walk in Coney Island, looking from Surf Avenue toward the boardwalk. Image includes wood-frame buildings on both sides of the street and a man standing in the doorway of the building on the left.
  • Date1922
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on recto: 12/19/22. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • SubjectStreets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wooden-frame buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionEdgar E. Rutter photograph collection
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  • 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.