About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0245
  • Title[Sideshow entrance]
  • SummarySeveral men and women standing in front of sideshow entrance; man standing in ticket booth with sign, "Mimi, the turtle girl," on far right; portion of wood-frame building above with four large illustrations of sideshow acts and, at top of building, portions of two large signs.
  • Date[193-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectSideshows ; Signs and signboards ; 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: Sideshows & freaks