About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0188
  • TitlePleasure wheel
  • SummaryPatented model of Pleasure wheel, an amusement ride, in wood-framed glass case in American Museum of Public Recreation in Coney Island.
  • Date[1930?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: typed label: "Model on exhibition at the American Museum of Public Recreation, Coney Island, New York. Patented by Lucas M. Campi of Havana, Cuba & N.Y.C., 1886. This is of the familiar ferris wheel type; the invention specifies a structure made up of cast members, also a double row of seats, one row on the outer circle and another row on the inner circle. The seats are devided [sic] into three seperate [sic] sections, one for each passenger." Title from typed label on verso.
  • CreatorAmerican Museum of Public Recreation
  • SubjectAmusement rides ; Models (Patents)
  • 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: American Museum of Public Recreation