About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0511
  • TitleBarrel of Fun
  • SummaryInscription: "In Barrel of Fun at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, [four young women] dancers from Broadway musical hit, 'By the Beautiful Sea' act as ride testers prior to Steeplechase's 58th seasonal opening, Sat., May 15th."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorGarber, Maurey
  • SubjectAmusement rides ; Dancers
  • 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: Barrel of Fun