Title: | Were you here? |
Description: | Caption: "Were you here?--This [aerial] photograph of the crowd which turned out at Coney Island [boardwalk and beach] last Sunday was taken from the parachute jump, recently moved from the World's Fair to Steeplechase Park. Police estimated that 800,000 persons were at the resort." |
Date: | 1941 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 11, 1941; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Coney Island [4]
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Subject: |
Beaches [5] Boardwalks [6] Crowds [7] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Aerial views. 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 0058 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/2e6f6cb86067a26cf205a55f72a78f95&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/b/Beaches
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Boardwalks
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Crowds