About This Item


  • TitleMadeline La Grange and Esther Alexander
  • Call NumberCONE_0398
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo women wearing bathing suits running out of water toward beach. Caption: "Opening day at Coney meant just another dip for Mrs. Madeline La Grance, left, and Mrs. Esther Alexander, both of 1520 Hart Place. they have been swimming almost daily since March."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately 1/5 of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date stamped: May 23, 1948. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSwimmers
  • 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.