About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0222
  • TitleThe Rocket
  • SummaryView of four men standing, two sitting, and one kneeling, and one woman standing, on a walkway next to The Rocket, a Coney Island ride. The man kneeling in foreground, back to camera, appears to be making a repair of some kind.
  • Date[194-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name stamped on verso. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHoffman, Irving
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- 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: Rocket