About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0501
  • TitleHair-raising ride
  • SummaryCaption: "Hair-raising ride--Coney Island's famous 'Loop the Loop' in 1901;" several food stands (one with sign, "Fairchild's pop corn"), several pedestrians, horse-drawn carriage and horse, and cobblestoned street with trolley tracks in foreground.
  • Date1901, published 1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Mar. 31, 1946. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Amusement rides ; Streets
  • 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: Rides - Loop the Loop