About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0299
  • TitleLooking down on Coney Island
  • SummaryAerial view: Caption: "Looking down on Coney Island--Photo taken yesterday from the parachute jump at Steeplechase Park shows Coney Island's largest crowd this year, attracted by ideal weather for both bathing and strolling on the boardwalk."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 16, 1947; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFriedman-Engeler
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Beaches ; Boardwalks
  • 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: Steeplechase/Parachute Jump