Sylvia Gewirtz

Sylvia Gewirtz
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Title: Sylvia Gewirtz
Description:

Woman holding umbrella fishing from pier in foreground with many peopel standing in background and section of amusement park in far background. Caption: "Final day of the fourth annual Coney Island fishing contest at Steeplechase Pier today, Sunday, May 23. ... Photo shows nothing stops a real fisherman, even a female fisherman. Protested against rain is Sylvia Gewirtz, 2505 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn."

Date: 1954
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from typed caption on verso.
Collection: Coney Island
Subject: Fishing
Tournament fishing
Umbrellas
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: 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 0309