About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0043
  • Title[Coney Island bicycle path]
  • SummaryView of several men riding bicycles on the opening day of the Coney Island bicycle path. Image includes many spectators.
  • Date1896
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: June 27,1896. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S.
  • SubjectBicycle trails -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bicycles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cycling -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson 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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 2