Title: | Finishing touches |
Description: | Four workmen standing in large shed painting boats used in Old Mill ride at Steeplechase Park; portion of circular, unidentified ride in background. Caption: "Finishing touches--The world's largest outdoor recreational enter is no[t without] its indoor havens, too. Rain or shine, Coney Island is an open-house affair, [day or] night--Spring, Summer or Fall. In the ... photograph, Steeplechase park wor[kmen] tidy up 'kiddie' sailboats for the new season." |
Date: | 1951 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
On verso: caption stamped: May 6, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: "Old Mill boats being painted." Retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Coney Island [4]
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Subject: |
Amusement rides [5] Boats and boating [6] Painters, Industrial [7] |
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 0292 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/92103f7a85772245836fad1ecf26073b&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Coney+Island+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Coney+Island
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/Amusement rides
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Boats and boating
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Painters, Industrial