About This Item


  • Call NumberCONE_0324
  • TitleSteeplechase Park swimming pool
  • SummarySwimming pool at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, with many swimmers and spectators (some looking at camera in foreground, many others on boardwalks on both sides), and Wonder Wheel, large pavilion with tower, and another amusement ride in background. Caption (partially illegible): "Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, is one of the largest amusement enterprises in Coney Island. It contains a large swimming pool, numerous amusement devices, and other..."
  • Date[193-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 reproduction : black & white ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genrereproductions
  • NoteTitle from caption below image.
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Amusement rides ; Pavilions ; Swimmers ; Swimming pools
  • 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/Pool