About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0327
  • TitlePretty face at the funny place
  • SummaryYoung woman wearing bathing suit sitting on railing of lifeguard station with large vertical sign, "Steeplechase," beside her. Caption: "Pretty face at the funny place--Eve Birnkammer, lifeguard at Steeplechase Park, takes her post at the swimming pool at the opening of the park's 1953 season."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 18, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBathing suits ; Lifeguards ; Signs and signboards
  • 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: Steeplechase/Pool