About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0092
  • Title[Coney Island fire]
  • SummaryTwo aerial views: top: crowd on Coney Island beach in foreground watch fire (smoke) in background; bottom: crowd on Coney Island beach in left background watch fire (smoke) on and near boardwalk; debris partially hidden by smoke on far right.
  • Date1932
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn cardboard backing below images: date inscribed: July 14/32. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBeaches ; Boardwalks ; Fires
  • 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: Fires - 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948