About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0128
  • TitleElectric Tower at night
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0462), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two night views of section of Luna Park in Coney Island with white tower ("Electric Tower") in center, several other buildings with ornate facades on both sides, and pool in foreground.
  • Date[1903?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteThe images are identical, but 0462 is much darker. On recto: printed in white ink: "The Electric tower at night, Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y." in lower left; "Copyright, 1903 by Detroit Photographic Co." in lower right. Title from inscription on recto.
  • CreatorDetroit Photographic Co.
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Towers
  • 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
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Luna Park: Night views