About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0258
  • TitleBarrel of Fun
  • SummarySeveral young sailors riding in the Barrel of Fun at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, with several spectators in background. Caption: "Members of the Air Group number 75 of the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt find their sea legs are not equal to the Barrel of Fun."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug 11, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectAmusement rides ; Sailors
  • 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: Barrel of Fun