About This Item


  • TitleNever too old : Frank De Voy, old time patron at Steeplechase Park, shows his appreciation of the finer things in life as Snuffy, the Steeplechase clown, is up to his old breezy tricks with pretty Gloria Barker
  • Call NumberCONE_0277
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFrank De Voy, sitting in rocking chair, enjoys looking at Gloria Barker's legs while Snuffy, the clown, helps to hold her skirt down.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption (partially legible) stamped: Jun[e] 16, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On verso: publisher's stamp: Steeplechase Park. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorNisnoff, Harold J. ; Steeplechase Park
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle] /
  • SubjectAmusement parks ; Clowns
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)Steeplechase Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.