About This Item

  • Call NumberCOHEN_0105
  • TitleLifeguard station, Brighton Beach boardwalk
  • SummaryScattered beachgoers on boardwalk before one-story, brick lifeguard station; four or five adolescents in bathing suits clustered around bench nearest to lifeguard station; man in right foreground standing against folded beach chair and lighting cigarette; woman crouching to take picture just behind him; three others (child and adult, male and female) with backs to camera in foreground; billboard on roof of lifeguard stations reads, "WELCOME TO BRIGHTON BEACH."
  • Date1987
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPEG, black & white
  • Genredigital images
  • NoteTitle supplied by photographer. Date supplied by photographer: July 1987.
  • CreatorCohen, George (Photographer)
  • SubjectLifeguard stations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boardwalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beachgoers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Billboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge Cohen photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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 OwnerCohen, George
  • FolderGeorge Cohen Photograph Collection