About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0099
  • TitleFire fighters battle blaze
  • SummaryCaption: "Fire-fighters battle the $100,000 blaze which swept Coxe's baths, two restaurants and an amusement concession at Coney Island last night, the resort's second big fire in less than a month;" three fire trucks in foreground.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately 1/4 of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 3/39. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFire engines ; 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