Boardwalk, Coney Island : stereoscopic photonegative
- Local Numbers
- RSN 140 94-3581 (OPPS Neg. No.) AC0143-0000140 (AC scan)
- General
- Original envelope marked "Brown Bros. '08." No publisher's catalog or caption located. Original number on envelope: 134-B.
- Publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Photographer
- White, C. W.
- Publisher
- H.C. White Co.
- Photographer
- Brown Bros.
- Names
- China, The (restaurant)
- Subway Hotel
- Collection Creator
- Underwood & Underwood
- Place
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) -- 1900-1910
- New York (N.Y.)
- Topic
- UNITED STATES--NEW YORK CITY
- Topic
- Amusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Coney Island -- 1890-1920.
- Restaurants -- Chinese -- 1900-1910 -- Coney Island -- New York
- Moving-picture theaters -- 1900-1910 -- Coney Island -- New York
- Publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- Photographer
- White, C. W.
- Publisher
- H.C. White Co.
- Photographer
- Brown Bros.
- See more items in
- Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection
- Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 1: H. C. White glass plates / 1.1: H.C. White Negatives / RSN Numbers 109-192
- Extent
- 1 Item (3-3/4" x 7".)
- Medium
- Silver gelatin on glass.
- Condition
- Cancelled by scratching. Silvering.
- Date
- [ca. 1908.]
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Stereoscopic photographs
- Collection Citation
- Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Arrangement
- Formerly in box 1.1.1 [162], moved from [158].
- Rights
- Order print from neg. no. 94-3581. Public domain due to expired copyright. Fees for commercial use.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass
- Stereoscopic photographs
- Scope and Contents
- Boardwalk scene: "The China" chop suey restaurant and "The Subway Hotel," advertising "moving pictures." Identified by visitors as Surf Avenue, Mardi Gras.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
