About This Item

  • Call NumberSTEEPLE_0001
  • TitleCapt.Spiller's Sea Lion Act
  • SummaryClose-up view of three seals standing on large, square blocks and balancing balls on their noses. This was an attraction at Steeplechase Park Circus in Coney Island. The image is not dated, but the date is believed to be between 1936 and 1937.
  • Date[193-]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Seals (Animals) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSteeplechase Park Circus photograph collection, 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: Steeplechase Park Circus