Beachgoers soak in the sun in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Labor Day Weekend.
Through the 1950s, a million people might squeeze onto Coney Island Beach on a hot summer day and newspapers would send photographers on the Fourth of July to capture the festive scene—in some of the shots, you can’t see the sand for the people. Today, relaxed sunbathers have more room to stretch out. This photograph was taken over the Labor Day Weekend.