About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1552
  • TitleNew beach park
  • SummaryAerial photograph of Manhattan Beach and environs. Caption: "New beach park--Shown in circle is new 17 1/2 acre Manhattan Beach waterfront park city obtains as outgrowth of long negotiations with State and U. S. governents. Formerly under water, land was filled in by the late Joseph P. Day and later sold to U. S. for a wartime Coast Guard and maritime training school. Coney Island beach and boardwalk shown to left of Manhattan Beach."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: 1/2 in. white circle in right middle. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 5, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches ; Shorelines
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: General