About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0284
  • TitleShe hunts big game
  • SummaryCaption: "She hunts big game--Elaine Monesmith, 12, of Dayton, Ohio, really does, and has already brought down two man-eating lions and an elephant in the African jungle. Here, however, she is posing as the laughing victor over the lion statue at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: Steeplechase Park (photographer?) stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSteeplechase Park
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBig game hunting ; Lion ; Statues
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Coney Island: Steeplechase/Lion statue