About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0293
  • TitleFourth of July crowd
  • SummaryAerial view: Caption: "Coney Island's tremendous Fourth of July crowds are viewed in this photo taken from Steeplechase Park's parachute jump. Photo was taken at 3:00 p.m. with the temperature registering 76 degrees at Steeplechase Pier."
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's name on typed label; "Steeplechase Park stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorJaffe, Herb
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Beaches ; Boardwalks ; Pedestrians
  • 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/Parachute Jump