About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0244
  • TitleFlexible Freddie
  • SummaryCloseup of young man, "Flexible Freddie," a Coney Island human curiosity, standing with arms raised over his head, who appears to be able to voluntarily dislocate both shoulders.
  • Date[193-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHuman curiosities [lctgm]
  • 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: Sideshows & freaks