Mardi Gras motion picture house destroyed by fire

Mardi Gras motion picture house destroyed by fire
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Title: Mardi Gras motion picture house destroyed by fire
Description:

Aerial view of section of amusement park with three fire trucks in foreground and many parked and moving automobiles and several pedestrians in background. Caption: "Smoke and a tangle of fire hoses marked Coney Island's main street today when the mardi Gras motion picture house at 1243 Surf Ave. was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin."

Date: 1940
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Cropped: approximately 1/4 of original image appears to be missing.
On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 24, 1940.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Coney Island
Subject: Amusement parks
Fires
Streets
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Aerial views.
Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: CONE 0098