About This Item

  • TitleConey Island pyrotechnics
  • Call NumberCONE_0104
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySix men wearing suits: one sitting at office desk writing, five standing behind him. Caption: "Coney Island pyrotechnic--Rudolph J. Schaefer, president F. & A. Schaefer Brewing Company, signs contract to sponsor Coney Island fireworks every Tuesday from June 19 to Aug 26. Looking on, left to right, are Stanley J. Reiben, president of Coney Island Chamber of Commerce; George W. Kister, William A. Nicholson, I. H. Klein and C. J. Hilbert, directors."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 8, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoards of trade [lctgm] ; Fireworks
  • 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.