About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0586
  • TitleFast nickel better than slow dime
  • SummaryTwo circus barkers or "talkers" standing in five-cent admission booths (left and right) at Dreamland Circus Side Show at Coney Island; other circus workers and performers, including principle talker Lester Roberts, standing on small platform between booths; several of the figures pointing overhead to sign reading "FAST NICKEL BETTER THAN SLOW DIME"; banners for performing bees and other attractions partly visible at top., Photograph donated by Marie Roberts.
  • Date[1924?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • Creator[Unknown]
  • SubjectCircus -- New York (State) -- New York ; Circus performers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Circus workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Circus posters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionMarie Roberts Dreamland Circus side show photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)Dreamland (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsMarie Roberts Dreamland Circus side show photographs
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Roberts, Marie