About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0254
  • TitleBicycle Built for 200
  • SummaryInscription: "On Bicycle Built for 200 at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, 2 of the dancers from Broadway musical hit, "By the Beautiful Sea,' act as ride testers prior to Steeplechase's 58th seasonal opening, Sat., May 15th; l[eft] to r[ight]: Kathryn Daman, Colleen O'Connor."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorGarber, Maurey
  • SubjectAmusement rides
  • 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 Park