About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0225
  • TitleThompson Coaster
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0226), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of group of young people sitting and riding in the Thompson Coaster, a Coney Island ride located on Surf Avenue near 8th Street. 0225 includes a large sign in left foreground, "Fire Works 8: 45 p.m. Starting Tues, July 6. Tues. Eves, July & August."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on versos: July 25, 1948. Title from inscription on versos.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roller coasters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Thompson Coaster