Whoosh! | Digital Collections

Description

Air holes in the "House of Fun" blow up a smiling white woman's dress as she holds a prize doll in her right arm at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York. A white man in a suit and hat looks down and laughs as he holds her left elbow. A white little person dressed as a clown grins up at her as he lays his left hand on her left forearm.

Note

No date; likely 1940sTypewritten note marked through attached to back"Whoosh! And the remarkable teamwork of Messrs. Brienza and Salerno scores another triumph at Steeplechase Park." Handwritten on the same note, "Coney Island "Air holes" or stags in the House of Fun at Steeplechase Park."

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm

Genre

Gelatin silver prints

Group portraits

Member of

Ted Malone Collection

Time Period

1941-1950

Subject (Name)

Steeplechase Park (New York, N.Y.)

Subject (Topical)

Subject (Geographic)

Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)

Rights

Copyright Not Evaluated

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Collection Identifier: MS-0187

Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections