About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0023
  • TitleCold Fresh Water Hall in the new Aquarium
  • SummaryInterior view from an architectural model of the proposed New York Aquarium in Coney Island showing exhibit hall with fishes in tanks and three visitors entering hall in background center . Label: "Cold Fresh Water Hall in the new Aquarium. Fresh water fishes of the temperate zone will be exhibited in this hall, including game fishes and food fishes. The central column is the pivot for a stairway leading to a bridge which connects five major halls. (Photograph from a model of the Aquarium)."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 9, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from label on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectNew York Aquarium ; Aquariums ; Freshwater fishes
  • 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: Aquarium: Renderings and Models