About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0247
  • Title[Man "burning" hand with cigar]
  • SummaryYoung man wearing cape touches right palm with lit cigar and holds small glass with burning substance in left hand at Coney Island sideshow.
  • Date[192-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectHuman curiosities [lctgm] ; Sideshows
  • 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: Sideshows & freaks