About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0089
  • TitleGetting under way
  • SummaryConey Island amusement park fire. Caption: "Getting under way--Big blaze first showed up as one of Coney's topnotchers as photographer, standing behind airplane ride, snapped this shot looking toward Dragon's Gorge, where fire started."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 13, 1944. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Amusement rides ; 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 - Luna Park, August, 1944