About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0276
  • TitleThe Marines fly high
  • SummaryCloseup: Caption: "The Marines fly high--Edward McCarthy takes his girl for a ride on the ferris wheel at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island. The girl, Connie Watson, is telling it to the Marines;" aerial view of section of boardwalk, beach and several pedestrians in background.
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 20/40; Steeplechase Park (photographer?) stamp. Retouched. Title from caption printed in pencil on verso.
  • CreatorSteeplechase Park
  • SubjectAmusement rides ; Ferris wheels ; Soldiers
  • 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/Ferris wheel