Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk (East from Half Moon Hotel)

Irving Underhill

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

The 1920s was a prosperous period for Coney Island. This is a view of the boardwalk looking east from one of the new landmarks of this time: the large Half Moon Hotel with magnificent ocean views. Visitors to the boardwalk could rent wicker rolling chairs for a leisurely ride along the beach. In the 1940s, the hotel was turned into a maternity hospital.

Caption

Irving Underhill (American, 1872–1960). Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk (East from Half Moon Hotel), 1930. Gelatin dry glass plate negative, 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, 1996.164.8-B55107. © Estate of Irving Underhill. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk (East from Half Moon Hotel)

Date

1930

Medium

Gelatin dry glass plate negative

Classification

Matrix

Dimensions

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection

Accession Number

1996.164.8-B55107

Rights

© Estate of Irving Underhill

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