About This Item

  • TitleConey Island
  • Call NumberHERZ_0008
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of portion of dilapidated wood-frame house with debris in foreground and poster attached to wall on right: "William F. Ryan, Assemblyman Jos. Kottler, Councilman Theo S. Weiss, Theodore Bikel, Bess Myerson and other concerned Democrats urge you to vote for Mel Dubin for Congress." Note: first line of text is illegible; building appears to have been destroyed by fire.
  • Date1968
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May, 1968; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectBuilding deterioration [lctgm] ; 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.