About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0059
  • TitleConey Island
  • SummaryAfrican American man wearing turban sitting on an elephant covered with ornate blanket in front of Middle East style building in Coney Island with two men standing in right foreground; another African American man wearing a turban and white gown and carrying a staff in left hand is standing in far left background.
  • Date1897
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1897. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Elephants -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson 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.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 3