About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0063
  • TitleHot time in the old town
  • SummaryCaption: "Hot time in the old town--Some of the 500,000 persons who thronged the boardwalk of Coney Island last night to see the spectacular display of fireworks, a Tuesday night feature of the amusement center."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 20, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoardwalks ; Crowds
  • 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: Boardwalk