About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0035
  • TitleGranny shows 'em
  • SummaryElderly woman wearing black dress carrying trophy cup in right hand and large floral bouquet and handkerchief in left hand. Caption: "Granny shows 'em--this is Mrs. Elizabeth Kaiser, prexy of the Grandma's Night-Out Club, winner of the grandma bathing beauty contest at Steeplechase Park."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso; date inscribed: Aug. 4/40; photographer's stamp ("Steeplechase Park courtesy photo"). Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSteeplechase Park
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAwards ; Beauty contests
  • 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: Beauty contests