About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0232
  • TitleTornado
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0231, CONE 0230, CONE 0229), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views, in different sizes, of the Tornado, a Coney Island ride. 0230 includes three young men, back to camera, looking up at a man working on Tornado sign. 0231 is an aerial view of the ride with many pedestrians and parked automobiles in foreground. Three of the images are not dated.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso of 0230: Apr. 30, 1947. Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pedestrians -- 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: Tornado