About This Item
- TitleConey Island fire
- Call NumberLEWI_0007
- Cite AsH. S. Lewis photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummarySeveral people, mostly men, walking on Coney Island beach with charred remains of boardwalk, two fire-destroyed pavilions in left background,and sailboat in harbor.
- Date1903
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1903. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
- CreatorLewis, H. S. [photographer]
- SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailboats -- New York (State) -- New York
- 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.