About This Item

  • Call NumberPOST_0108
  • TitleEntrance to Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, N.Y
  • SummaryPedestrians milling in front of arcades at Steeplechase Park, featuring large smiling head over entrance gate and columned balcony at right; ticket booths (10 cent admission) at left; orangeade stand with striped awning in right foreground.
  • Date[1906?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 postcard : black & white ; 4 x 6 in.
  • Genrepostcards
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. Retouched in places with sparkle fixative; torn on diagonal in center.
  • PublisherIllustrated Post Card Co., N[ew] Y[ork]
  • SubjectPavilions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Postcard collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Postcard collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderBrooklyn Postcard collection