About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0112
  • TitleEntrance to Steeplechase Park & Noah's Ark
  • SummaryEntrance to Steeplechase Park in Coney Island with sign, "Steeplechase, the funny place," many people sitting and standing on boardwalk, Ferris wheel in left background, and Noah's Ark, portion of roller coaster, and another ride, The Limit, in right background.
  • Date1930
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection