About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0013
  • Title[New York Aquarium, stage 1, under construction]
  • SummaryConstruction site of New York Aquarium in Coney Island. In background: amusement area (Ghost Ride on right), derricks and elevated subway line. Sand piles in foreground. Sign on site: "New York Aquarium, stage 1, under construction, to be completed Oct. 1955. Department of Parks, City of New York, New York Zoological Society."
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: Br. Eagle inscription. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectNew York Aquarium ; Amusement parks ; Amusement rides ; Aquariums ; Building construction [lctgm] ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Subways
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Aquarium: General