About This Item

  • TitleThunderbolt
  • Call NumberHERZ_0028
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HERZ 0148), some of which may also be described in this new record; Close-up of portion of Thunderbolt, a Coney Island roller coaster with wood-frame house attached beneath (see note) and iron gate with sign, "Keep gate closed."
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. On verso: "Built right into the structure is this 20-room house, occupied by the owners, Mrs. Mollie Moran & her son, Fred. This house is part of the remains of the old Kensington Hotel, since torn down." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectAmusement rides ; Roller coasters ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.