About This Item

  • TitleThe new iron pier
  • Call NumberCONE_0545
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0191), some of which may also be described in this new record; Drawing: Coney Island pier with large pavilion on each end; building on left has three flags flying fron cupolas: "Iron pier," "New pier," and an American flag; beach in foreground.
  • Date[1880?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "Nelson Myers" printed in black in lower left corner; "The new iron pier" typeset below image. On verso: photographer's name inscribed. Title from caption on recto.
  • CreatorMyers, Nelson [photographer]
  • SubjectBeaches ; Pavilions ; Piers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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.