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  • TitleHalf Moon Hotel
  • Call NumberNEIG_1482
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1483, NEIG 1490, NEIG 1486, NEIG 1485, NEIG 1484, NEIG 1489, NEIG 1488, NEIG 1492, NEIG 1494, NEIG 1493, NEIG 1491), some of which may also be described in this new record; Twelve views, in different sizes, of the Half Moon Hotel located at West 29th Street and the boardwalk in Coney Island. 1482 is an aerial view; 1484 shows crowd on beach in foreground; 1489 shows hotel under construction and beach in foreground; 1485, 1490, 1491, and 1492 show harbor in foreground; 1493 shows several laborers repairing boardwalk. Three of the images are not dated.
  • Date1926-1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description12 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note1483 is a 10 x 8 in., enlarged duplicate of 1482. 1488 is a 10 X 8 in., enlarged duplicate of 1486. 1494 is a close-up duplicate of 1490. Title from inscription on verso of 1484.
  • SubjectBeaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boardwalks -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Harbors. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Laborers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Hotels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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.