About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0142
  • TitleConey Island, 1905
  • SummaryAerial view of Coney Island with large oval lawn surrounded by walkways in center foreground; tower in near foreground with sign, "New York to North Pole"; portion of roadway and beach to right of oval lawn; hotels and other buildings in background; ocean in right background; pedestrians throughout.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteInscription on recto: "Underhill Studio, NYC." Title and date from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectWalkways [lctgm] ; Beaches
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection