About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0022
  • TitleClouds to Earth Exhibit in the new Aquarium
  • SummaryInterior view from an architectural model of the proposed New York Aquarium in Coney Island showing exhibit hall diorama with cloud formations, fishes in tanks, and three visitors (woman, child and man). Label: "Clouds to Earth Exhibit in the new Aquarium. This is a working diorama, 40 feet long, in which clouds form, precipitate their moisture as rain, and the water flows through brook, creek and river back to the sea. The diorama provides the theme which is carried out in the remainder of the Aquarium of the Cycle of Water and the creatures that live in water. (Photographed from a model of the Aquarium)."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 9, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from label on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectNew York Aquarium ; Aquariums ; Clouds ; Dioramas [lctgm] ; Fishes
  • 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: Aquarium: Renderings and Models