About This Item


  • Call NumberWEML_0008
  • TitleSteel Pier
  • SummaryView of group of people standing on Coney Island's Steel Pier. Image includes a docked passenger boat in background.
  • Date1906
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCollection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original plate glass negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. Title and date from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorWemlinger, Eugene
  • SubjectPassenger ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEugene Wemlinger 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.
  • FolderEugene Wemlinger photograph collection ; Folder: 1