About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0242
  • Title[The Deluge]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0241), some of which may also be described in this new record; Section of Surf Avenue in Coney Island with entrance to The Deluge, also called Johnstown Flood, an amusement attraction (ride?) Sign on far right: "Johnstown Flood Buildin[g] will reopen May 26th ..." Sign superimposed over doorway: "The Deluge;" several commercial and residential buildings on far left and cobblestoned street with trolley tracks in foreground.
  • Date[190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Amusement rides ; Streets
  • 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: Rides - Johnstown Flood