About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0520
  • TitleGalveston Flood
  • SummaryFacade of large building, an amusement attraction based on a spectacular natural disaster, on Surf Avenue, Coney Island, with twin towers and ornate design over doorway with inscription, "The Galveston Flood," four pedestrians (men), telephone pole and lines, street light, and section of street in foreground, and portions of buildings in left and right background.
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAttractions ; Natural disasters
  • 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
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Surf Avenue/The Galveston Flood