It's first day of winter

It's first day of winter
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Title: It's first day of winter
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Caption: "It's first day of winter--And Brooklyn's Albert Wetzler, winter vacationing at Grossinger's, celebrates by breaking through the ice for an invigorating (English translation cold) swim in the lake. Skater Maureen Millerick pauses in her skating and shivers. Mr. W. belongs to the Polar Bear Club, whose members regularly perform winter swimming rites at Coney Island."
Date: 1949
Location: Grossinger (N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks.
Date stamped on verso: Dec. 21, 1949.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Clubs
Subject: Polar Bear Club (New York, N.Y.)
Lakes
Skaters
Snow
Swimmers
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Portraits.
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: CLUB 0452