Hot time in the old town

Hot time in the old town
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Title: Hot time in the old town
Description:

Caption: "Hot time in the old town--Some of the 500,000 persons who thronged the boardwalk of Coney Island last night to see the spectacular display of fireworks, a Tuesday night feature of the amusement center."

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks.
On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 20, 1949.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Coney Island
Subject: Boardwalks
Crowds
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: CONE 0063