Air View of Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk, Brooklyn

Artist:Ben Ross

Medium: Gelatin silver print

Dates:1946

Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 11 1/16 in. (35.6 x 28.1 cm) image: 13 9/16 x 10 3/4 in. (34.4 x 27.3 cm)

Collections:

• Photography

Exhibitions:

• Forever Coney: Photographs from the Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number: 1998.34

Catalogue Description:
Air view of Coney Island beach and boardwalk taken on July 4, 1946. The following day, The New York Times stated that "it was the largest crowd ever to visit Coney Island."

Brooklyn Museum