About This Item

  • TitleFire destroyed Coney Island landmark
  • Call NumberHERZ_0191
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryScene of fire at Club 28 in Coney Island with firemen fighting fire from ladder, another standing on truck below, and several spectators; signs on building: "28" and "Bingo Sat., Sun., Tue., Wed., thur., Fri., $1000 each night."
  • Date1980
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec. 11/1980; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectFires ; Spectators [lctgm]
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.