About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0118
  • TitleConey Island
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0120, CONE 0115, CONE 0116, CONE 0117, CONE 0119), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six snapshot views of mostly-unidentified areas in Coney Island. 0115 and 0116 show boarded up and cemented up building entrances. 0116 and 0118 show rundown residential areas. 0118 shows chainlink fence with large sign, "Beware: Trained Attack Dog On Guard" in front of three partially visible parked automobiles. 0120 shows construction site at West 28th Street with bulldozer and large stand-alone sign, "Coney Island Site Five Houses."
  • Date1970
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description6 photographic prints : black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printssnapshots
  • NoteDeveloping date below image on recto: Dec., '70. Photographer's name inscribed on versos. Title from inscription on verso of 0115.
  • CreatorBerman, Sam
  • SubjectApartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bulldozers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- 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: Housing