Food concessions, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920).

Group of women in dresses seated on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920).

Beachgoers on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920).

Beachgoers on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920).

Beachgoers on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920).

Beachgoers on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920).

Beachgoers on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920).

Construction site, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

Wooden walkway across lagoon to breakwater, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

New concrete steps leading down to the water, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

Newly-built concession building, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

New pilings on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

Construction site, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

Construction workers mixing concrete (?), Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Water tower in background. Some emulsion damage to neg. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

Construction site, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, undated (ca. 1920). Roller coaster in background. Some emulsion damage to neg. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.

Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Park and Bathing Pavilion, undated.

Brooklyn: Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach, c. 1905-1910.

Brooklyn: high angle view of Manhattan Beach, undated. Shingled spire in foreground.

Brooklyn: Manhattan Beach Estates, Coney Island, undated. Manhattan Hotel, Oriental Hotel, and the railroad station of the New York & Manhattan Beach Railway visible.

Brooklyn: beachgoers swimming on Coney Island Beach, undated (ca. 1910). Manhattan Hotel in distance, right.

Brooklyn: high-angle shot of Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach, Balmer's Baths undated. Large rollercoaster visible in distance.

Brooklyn: high angle on Coney Island, undated. Dreamland Bathing Pavilion and Balmer's Bathing Pavilion visible; Leapfrog Railroad in foreground.

Brooklyn: Coney Island, 1910. Dreamland Bathing Pavilion and Balmer's Bathing Pavilion visible.

Brooklyn: Coney Island, 1910. Dreamland Bathing Pavilion and Balmer's Bathing Pavilion visible.