About This Item

  • Call NumberUNDE_0057
  • TitleSteeplechase Park & post office
  • SummaryAerial view of section of Steeplechase Park in Coney Island with post office building and amusement ride in foreground and large pavilion with sign, "George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park" on roof in background. street with trolley tracks in foreground.
  • Date1912
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectAmusement parks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Post office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/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.
  • FolderIrving I. Underhill photograph collection