About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0101
  • Title[Steeplechase Park fire]
  • SummaryGroup of men, including one sailor, holding long water hose which firemen aim at flames at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island fire; Flying Turns ride in background.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing. On verso: date inscribed: 9/15/39. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Amusement rides ; Fires
  • 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: Fires - Steeplechase Park, September 15, 1939