About This Item


  • TitleConey visitors, beware!
  • Call NumberCONE_0062
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Coney visitors, beware!--In response to the Brooklyn Eagle drive for a clean Coney Island, this public address equipment was installed yesterday at W. 21st St. and the boardwalk. Over it today police ... will urge bathers to pick up refuse and deposit it in nearby receptacles;" on boardwalk: three women and one boy sitting on benches, man working on ladder leaning against tall street light pole, two other men below next to trash receptacle, truck with front door open; beach with first aid station; several buildings in background.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 14, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeaches ; Boardwalks ; Public address systems ; Trucks
  • 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.