About This Item


  • Title[Brighton Beach Hotel]
  • Call NumberWAY_0035
  • Cite AsBreading Way photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WAY 0034), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Brighton Beach Hotel being moved inland from the beachfront, due to erosion. Both images include debris. 0034 includes freight train on tracks in left foreground. 0035 includes sign, "To West Brighton, fare, 3 c[ents]" in left foreground.
  • Date1888
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCollection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum. Date inscribed on versos: 1888. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorWay, Breading G. [photographer]
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hotels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads -- Freight -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.