About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0339
  • TitleSteeplechase horses
  • SummaryView of two workmen removing paper covering mechanical horses used in The Steeplechase, a ride at Coney island's Steeplechase Park.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr. 26, 1941. Inscribed on verso: "Picture by H. J. Nisnoff." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorNisnoff, Harold J.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: The Steeplechase