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  • TitleAir view looking north, showing the Aquarium site and environs
  • Call NumberCONE_0009
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of Coney Island and environs looking north, showing site of proposed New York Aquarium.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: Aquarium, B. M. T. System Elevated Rapid Transit, Shore Parkway, and Ocean P'kway indicated with white paint. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 9, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from label on verso; date on label: 12-10-52. Also on label: "City of New York - Department of Parks - 12-10-52."
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectNew York Aquarium ; Aquariums
  • 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.