About This Item

  • Call NumberSTEEPLE_0013
  • TitleDainty Emily
  • SummaryExterior view of a performer identified as Danity Emily suspended from a scaffold at Steeplechase Park Circus. Image includes a large group of spectators. The image is not dated, but the date is known to be between 1936 and 1938.
  • Date[193-]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectAcrobatics -- New York (State) -- New York ; Acrobats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSteeplechase Park Circus photograph collection, 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: Steeplechase Park: Circus