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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Ranjit Dhaliwal

Coney Island, 1945

Coney Island, 1945
Mildred Jacobs and Fred Massaro enjoy each other's company on the beach at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York on 5 August 1945. A crowd of 1,499,998 people was recorded as visiting the beach on the first pleasant Sunday in almost a month
Illustration: Photograph: Paul Bernius/ New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images
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