About This Item


  • Call NumberPOST_0125
  • TitleNight scene in Dreamland, Coney Island, N.Y
  • SummaryVenetian-style bridge over artificial lagoon, with boat emerging from chute behind bridge; other boats with passengers on right and left banks; large, Chinese-style pavilion on left bank; other fanciful, illuminated buildings on both sides of lagoon; full moon framed by opening of cloulds in upper left.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : color ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrenight photographypostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Correspondence on verso; postmark: Aug. 21, 1911. Retouched in color.
  • SubjectLagoons -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, 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.
  • FolderBrooklyn Postcard collection