About This Item

  • TitleWhere is your modesty, madam?
  • Call NumberCONE_0330
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryNaked girl walking up stairs with young woman wearing bathing suit standing on floor behind her pointing up with right hand; sign in top center: "Women." Caption: "Where is your modesty, madam?--Coney Island may be used to the Bikini bathing suit, but Steeplechase lifeguard Eve Birnkammer tells 3-year-old Gloria Lewis that she is going one step too far. Gloria was sent to lockers in order that she might not shock the eyes of Coney's second biggest crowd of the season yesterday."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 6, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBathing suits ; Lifeguards ; Toddlers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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.