About This Item


  • TitleWorld in Wax Musee
  • Call NumberGOLD_0089
  • Cite AsAnders Goldfarb photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryShuttered storefront of the former World in Wax Musee at Coney Island; names under World of Wax storefront sign read, "JOHN LENNON -ELVIS PRESLEY-MUHAMMAD ALI"; man seated on step at left of storefront holding torn cardboard or paper over his face.
  • Date1983
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: photographer's stamp; date inscribed: 1983.
  • CreatorGoldfarb, Anders, 1954-
  • SubjectWaxworks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Storefronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionAnders Goldfarb photograph collection
  • 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.
  • Copyright OwnerGoldfarb, Anders