About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0111
  • TitleConey Island boardwalk
  • SummarySection of Coney Island boardwalk with many pedestrians, several commercial establishments, and two large billboards, "Chesterfield" and "Wonder bread."
  • Date1930
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "West from steamboat landing." Photographer's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectBillboards ; Boardwalks -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection