About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0255
  • TitleCherchez les gams
  • SummaryYoung woman whose skirt is blown by wind from street air vents. Caption: "Cherchez les gams--Even the air at Coney [Island] has interesting qualities, a line-up of male observers discovers here as a sudden gust of it takes Gloria Campbell by surprise. ... Crowded as the sands of the subway resort sometimes get, there always seems to be room enough for Gloria's kind of charm to make the trip worth while;" several pedestrians and portion of large canopy in background.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso; date stamped: Jul[y] 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. On verso: "Gloria Campbell, 470 76 St." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectModels (Persons) ; Spectators [lctgm]
  • 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 Park - General