About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0300
  • TitleTwo girls and a man
  • SummaryCloseup of actress Marie Wilson with boy on left and girl on right. Caption: "Two girls and a man find fun on the Parachute Jump at Steeplechase Park. The girl in the center is Marie Wilson ('My Friend Irma') who visited Steeplechase with a group of PAL youngsters from the 84th Precinct, Brooklyn. The other girl is nine year old Mary Ann Bermudez of 80 Popular [sic] St., Brooklyn who was the only girl in the PAL group; all the rest were males."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso date inscribed: 1949; Steeplechase Park (photographer?) stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorSteeplechase Park ; Wilson, Marie, 1916-1972
  • SubjectActresses ; Amusement 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