About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0286
  • TitleMarie Davis
  • SummaryCaption: "Marie Davis, 19-year-old model of 454 6th St., is pictured getting set for a plunge into the Steeplechase Park outdoor swimming pool, which is the largest of its kind on the Atlantic Coast. Miss Davis won the Coney Island Modern Venus contest last year at George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park;" several spectators are standing in background.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: small section of bottom and right margins missing. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: July 7/37; Publicity Dept., Steeplechase Park (photographer?) stamp. On verso: "Home Talk."
  • CreatorSteeplechase Park
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBeauty contestants ; Swimmers
  • 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/Modern Venus Contest