About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0016
  • TitleLuna Park entrance
  • SummaryClose-up of elaborate entrance to Luna Park on Surf Avenue with signs, "Luna Park," "The heart of Coney Island," and "Thompson & Dundy," many pedestrians, and cobblestone street with trolley tracks in foreground.
  • Date1906
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill 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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection