About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0292
  • TitleFinishing touches
  • SummaryFour workmen standing in large shed painting boats used in Old Mill ride at Steeplechase Park; portion of circular, unidentified ride in background. Caption: "Finishing touches--The world's largest outdoor recreational enter is no[t without] its indoor havens, too. Rain or shine, Coney Island is an open-house affair, [day or] night--Spring, Summer or Fall. In the ... photograph, Steeplechase park wor[kmen] tidy up 'kiddie' sailboats for the new season."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: May 6, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: "Old Mill boats being painted." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement rides ; Boats and boating ; Painters, Industrial
  • 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/Old Mill