All smiles

All smiles
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Title: All smiles
Description:

Caption: "All smiles--The 'funny face' Steeplechase cariacature sees to it that visitors to the amusement park have little time for serious thoughts, silently laughing at everyone from its many vantage points. Tom (Skippy) Campagna of 182 Nevins St. adds his own set of gleaming dentals ... as he applies a fresh coat of paint in preparation for the park's [Steeplechase Park, Coney Island] 1951 opening on May 19."

Date: 1951
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: On verso: date stamped: May 7, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Retouched.
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Coney Island
Subject: Billboards
Painters
Sign painting
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: CONE 0280