About This Item

  • TitleIron Pier
  • Call NumberBRAI_0045
  • Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of Iron Pier at Coney Island beach with very large building, probably a hotel, and connecting pavilions in background and rowboat moored to boardwalk and man sitting on beach in foreground.
  • Date1879
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle and date from typed caption on recto of copy 2. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hotels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pavilions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rowboats -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.