<I>Couple on Beach, Coney Island</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1966
name: label: Photograph by
content: Harry Lapow, American, 1909 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a closely-framed portrait of a couple sitting on a bench on the boardwalk overlooking Coney Island Beach. The man wears a dark overcoat and reaches his arm around the shoulders of the woman next to him who wears a white coat. They are both turned slightly towards each other, facing one another. The bottom quarter of the image reveals the planks of the pier and the feet of the seated couple; the horizon line of the photograph falls at approximately shoulder height of the couple but is mostly obscured by the couple themselves.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.166.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Harry Lapow
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 5/8 × 13 9/16 in. (27 × 34.4 cm)