About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0305
  • TitleParachute Jump
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0306), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two very similar aerial views, in different sizes, of two young women sitting on the Parachute Jump, a ride at Coney Island's Steeplechase Park, with large crowd below on boardwalk and beach. 0305 is not dated.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso of 0306: June 24, 1946. Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York ; Beaches -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boardwalks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- 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: Parachute Jump