About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0021
  • TitleOceanarium
  • SummaryArchitectural model of proposed New York Aquarium (Oceanarium) in Coney Island. Captions: 1944: "Oceanarium would be Coney Island's pride and joy;" 1945: "Coney's pride--Oceanarium, one of Park Commissioner Moses' pet projects, designed as a substitute for the old Battery Aquarium. fish will be shown here on a 'large scale'."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz, Aymar Embury II, Associated Architects. On verso: captions stamped Oct. 5, 1944 and Aug. 26, 1945. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from earlier caption on verso.
  • CreatorEmbury, Aymar, 1880- ; Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Aquarium ; Aquariums
  • 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: Renderings and Models