Coney Island Globe Tower
Collection: Postcard Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: 1906
Material: colored ink on paper Dimension:
5.5 x 3.5; 600 ppi
Creator: unknown
Identifier: aql:34154 pcc-003261 pcc-003261.tif
Description: Souvenir postcard showing the proposed Steel Globe Tower at Coney Island. The proposed 700 foot tall steel sphere was to contain restaurants, theaters, telegraph and weather stations, casinos, a bowling alley and the world's largest ballroom. The structure was never built.; Handwritten on bottom of postcard: I have not seen a part of this - But it is to be ready 1907. We shall see Neeta
Creator :
unknown
Date :
1906
Summary/Description :
Souvenir postcard showing the proposed Steel Globe Tower at Coney Island. The proposed 700 foot tall steel sphere was to contain restaurants, theaters, telegraph and weather stations, casinos, a bowling alley and the world's largest ballroom. The structure was never built.; Handwritten on bottom of postcard: I have not seen a part of this - But it is to be ready 1907. We shall see Neeta
Subject :
Towers; Amusements
Rights :
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Color postcard
Format :
colored ink on paper; 5.5 x 3.5; 600 ppi
Identifier :
aql:34154 pcc-003261 pcc-003261.tif
Subject:
Towers; Amusements
Towers; Amusements
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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