About This Item

  • Call NumberCONE_0533
  • Title[The Steeplechase]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CONE 0518, CONE 0517, CONE 0345, CONE 0344, CONE 0341, CONE 0340, CONE 0343, CONE 0342), some of which may also be described in this new record; Nine views, in three different sizes, of people, mostly young women and men, riding The Steeplechase, a mechanical horse ride at Coney Island's Steeplechase Park. 0344 shows Lola Fisher and Cindy Robbins, dancers in By the Beautiful Sea, a Broadway musical. Six of the images are not dated.
  • Date1952, 1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description9 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0343 and 0518 are identical. 0517: cropped. On verso of 0344: date stamped: May 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 0533: date stamped: Jul[y] 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Stamped on verso of 0344: "Maurey Garber Photography." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: The Steeplechase