About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0395
  • TitleThe Tilyou house, Coney Island
  • SummaryTwo identical stereoscopic views of rustic bath house on slight rise at Coney Island Beach; large sign over portico reads, "Tilyous -- Bavarian Lager, 5c per glass -- Fancy flannel bathing suits"; beared man with hat and overcoat holding rifle under arm in left foreground; second sign, "Tilyou's Baths, " on raised structure in left background.
  • Date1874
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsstereographs
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 30, 1874. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectBathhouses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.