About This Item
- TitleThe Tilyou house, Coney Island
- Call NumberBRAI_0395
- Cite AsGeorge Bradford Brainerd photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryTwo identical stereoscopic views of rustic bath house on slight rise at Coney Island Beach; large sign over portico reads, "Tilyous -- Bavarian Lager, 5c per glass -- Fancy flannel bathing suits"; beared man with hat and overcoat holding rifle under arm in left foreground; second sign, "Tilyou's Baths, " on raised structure in left background.
- Date1874
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 7 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsstereographs
- NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 30, 1874. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
- CreatorBrainerd, George Bradford, 1845-1887 [photographer]
- SubjectBathhouses -- New York (State) -- New York
- 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.