About This Item

  • Call NumberSTEEPLE_0003
  • Title[Steeplechase Park Circus]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (STEEPLE 0005, STEEPLE 0006, STEEPLE 0008), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four exterior views of acrobat acts at Steeplechase Park Circus in Coney Island. 0003 includes the Wonder Wheel. All except 0006 include a large group of spectators sitting in the background. Three of the images are not dated.
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate inscribed on recto of 0003: Sept. 4th/38. 0008: 8 x 10 in. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAcrobatics -- New York (State) -- New York ; Acrobats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Amusement rides -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsSteeplechase Park Circus photograph collection, 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: Steeplechase Park Circus