About This Item

  • Title[Steeplechase Park fire]
  • Call NumberCONE_0100
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of fire at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island with crowd on beach in foreground, boardwalk, and several buildings in background.
  • Date1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped into irregular shape: approximately 1/4 of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: Sept. 15/34. Retouched. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBeaches ; Boardwalks ; Fires
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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.