About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0372
  • Title[Eden Musee workshop]
  • SummaryTwelve wax heads, four hands, and one set of teeth on two shelves in Eden Musee (wax museum) workshop in Coney Island. Caption: "The gruesome collection of heads ... show how cleverly Miss Ray achieves various expressions in her models. (Eagle Photos.).
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 11/37. On verso: "Coney Island; Eden Musee." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectWax figures ; Waxworks
  • 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: Wax Museum (Eden Musee)