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Photograph of Florie and Guy at Coney Island

1941

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of a woman and a man lying on towels on the beach. Both are lying propped on elbows facing the camera. Edges of the photograph are scalloped. On back, stamped upside down in black ink, is [C 1]. On back at center right, written vertically in pencil, is [41]. Slip of paper accompanying photograph in album reads [1941 / Florie + Guy at / Coney Island / Bklyn, NY].

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2016.72.2.3.1

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