About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0233
  • TitleConey Island Wonder Wheel
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0234, CONE 0527, CONE 0236), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four close-up views, in different sizes, of Coney Island's Wonder Wheel. Three of the images are not dated.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteAddress label on verso of 0236: "Irving P. Weinstock, 947 E. 27th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11210." Date stamped on verso of 0233: Apr. 10, 1951. Inscription on verso of 0234: "The original Wonder Wheel whose swinging cars can accomodate 100 persons per minute; const. 1919." Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • SubjectAmusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ferris wheels -- 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: Wonder Wheel