Title: | Oceanarium |
Description: | Architectural model of proposed New York Aquarium (Oceanarium) in Coney Island. Captions: 1944: "Oceanarium would be Coney Island's pride and joy;" 1945: "Coney's pride--Oceanarium, one of Park Commissioner Moses' pet projects, designed as a substitute for the old Battery Aquarium. fish will be shown here on a 'large scale'." |
Date: | [Brooklyn Eagle],|1944. |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
On recto: Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz, Aymar Embury II, Associated Architects. On verso: captions stamped Oct. 5, 1944 and Aug. 26, 1945. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. Title from earlier caption on verso. |
Collection: | Coney Island [4]
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Subject: |
New York Aquarium. [5] Aquariums [6] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Photographic prints. Gelatin silver 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 0021 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/8109b59a3a542041b54087741ae68dee&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Coney+Island+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Coney+Island
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/n/New York Aquarium.
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Aquariums