About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0061
  • TitleConey Island
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (THOM 0067, THOM 0065), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of pedestrians in Coney Island amusement area; 0061: Stratton's Pavilion, flag flying from adjacent building, and several telephone poles and overhead lines; 0061 and 0065: cobblestone street in foreground; 0067: signs on eating establishments: "Famous soda water; Hire's root beer ..." and "Virginia peanuts" and sidewalk in foreground. All three images have large street or sidewalk space in foreground.
  • Date1897
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cobblestone streets -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson 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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 3