About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0297
  • TitleCheck!
  • SummaryCloseup with man wearing uniform standing on lift. Caption: "Check!--Tower of Parachute Jump at Steeplechase Park gets a checkup to insure safety of millions expected to try the jump this year, park's golden jubilee season."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 12, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmusement 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/Parachute Jump