About This Item

  • Title[Steeplechase Park Circus]
  • Call NumberSTEEPLE_0012
  • Cite AsSteeplechase Park Circus photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up, exterior view of two men wearing sailor suits, presumably entertainers at Steeplechase Park Circus in Coney Island. One man is standing and is holding the other one in a sitting position. The one sitting has a startled expression and has one finger in his mouth. 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 ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectEntertainers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.