About This Item

  • Call NumberWEML_0015
  • TitleView of Coney Island
  • SummarySection of Steeplechase Park, a Coney Island amusement park with carousel in foreground and two signs, "Chanticleer" and "Bathing, 25 c[ents]," and large building, possibly entrance to park, with several large signs including "George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park" on roof.
  • Date1903
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1903. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorWemlinger, Eugene [photographer]
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Merry-go-round -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEugene Wemlinger photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderEugene Wemlinger photograph collection ; Folder: 2