About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0268
  • TitleSchool is out
  • SummaryCaption: "School is out! The children waste no time getting into the swing of summertime fun at Steeplechase Park. In this photo they didn't take time out to drop their books at home." Group of boys and girls riding on train ride at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island; section of lawn in foreground, portion of Wonder Wheel at far left, and portion of building in background.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1947; photographer's name inscribed: "Herb Jaffe;" Steeplechase Park stamp. Title from caption printed in pencil on verso.
  • CreatorJaffe, Herb
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Amusement 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/Children