About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0107
  • TitleBombs burst in air
  • SummaryCrowd on Coney Island beach at night watching fireworks display; jetty in center. Caption: "Bombs burst in air ..."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: small portion of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: June 27, 1951. Title from caption on verso handwritten in pencil.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectBeaches ; Fireworks
  • 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: Fireworks