Coney Island, beach and bathers
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| Title: | Coney Island, beach and bathers |
| Description: | Drawing. Figures on beach at Coney Island in formal 1880s attire; four men at left playing or observing undeterminable game-card; two women at right strolling with parasols; other figures in background, some in water; sailboats on horizon. Caption on recto: "Coney Island, from a barren stretch of beach, began to develop into a real pleasure resort after the close of the Civil War. The three-card monte man plied his calling unhampered by watchful police." |
| Date: | [188-?] |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Title from inscription on verso. |
| Collection: | Coney Island
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| Subject: |
Beaches Cardsharping Amusements |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Drawing. Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | CONE 0379 |
