About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0591
  • TitleTwo sisters posing on bench at Coney Island
  • SummaryThe Milton Sisters, a fake Siamese twin act, seated back to back in headbands and identical sleeveless dresses at Dreamland Circus Side Show at Coney Island; circus barker or "talker" Lester Roberts standing behind them in hat and formal suit; all three looking into camera; boy or young man leaning against doorway at far left., Photograph donated by Marie Roberts.
  • Date[1924?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 4 x 3 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • Creator[Unknown]
  • SubjectCircus performers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Circus workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sisters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionMarie Roberts Dreamland Circus side show photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)Dreamland (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsMarie Roberts Dreamland Circus side show photographs
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Roberts, Marie