Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911 (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911

1911 June 7 (date created or published later by Bain)

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09438

Call Number: LC-B2- 2230-14

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    rdean_b, kelleyw, caroline la rousse, Nieuwenhuis Fotografie, and 23 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. epicharmus (59 months ago | reply)

    This photo was taken on East 17th Street in New York City, in front of Union Square. Two of the buildings in the background are the Century Building a.k.a. 33 East 17th Street (currently a Barnes & Noble) and 200 Park Avenue South.

  3. epicharmus (59 months ago | reply)

    Also, based on this and several other New York Times articles, it seems that the photograph commemorates what was for some time an annual event: an "Orphans' Automobile Day" where all the orphans in the city would be driven via auto to Coney Island.

  4. nelder_g (54 months ago | reply)

    Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Antiguas y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.

  5. KDern (52 months ago | reply)

    Here's a photo of those buildings today. The one with the big arch has been replaced by the glass AT&T structure.

  6. Wystan (39 months ago | reply)

    Interesting that they were hauling orphans to Luna Park only ten days after Dreamland burned:
    www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/216 2672387/

  7. JE Piper (21 months ago | reply)

  8. This photo was invited and added to the Flickr Trucks group.

  9. This photo was invited and added to the Union Square NYC group.

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