About This Item
- TitleSylvia Gewirtz
- Call NumberCONE_0309
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryWoman holding umbrella fishing from pier in foreground with many peopel standing in background and section of amusement park in far background. Caption: "Final day of the fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest at Steeplechase Pier today, Sunday, May 23. ... Photo shows nothing stops a real fisherman, even a female fisherman. Protested against rain is Sylvia Gewirtz, 2505 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn."
- Date1954
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- SubjectFishing ; Tournament fishing ; Umbrellas
- 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.