About This Item

  • Call NumberBRAI_0050
  • TitleConey Island railroad station
  • SummaryView of Coney Island railroad station and two railroad cars in background. Two signs on station: "Pioneer route to Coney Island via Bath & Locust Grove;" "Brooklyn Bath & Coney Island Rail Road."
  • Date[ca 1879]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate and title from typed caption on recto of copy 5. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectRailroad stations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroad trains -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- 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.