Main Street, Steeplechase Island, Bridgeport Conn.
Datebefore 1912
MediumPhotomechanical prints; colored printer's inks on postcard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 5 1/2in. (8.9 x 14cm)
Credit LineGift of the Georgia Historical Society
DescriptionMen and women walk on sidewalks along a street lined with trees and buildings. American flags fly from a building at the right. There appear to be trolley tracks in the road.
Object number1993.26.43
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Steeplechase Island, located in Long Island Sound between Stratford and Bridgeport, was the site of a popular amusement park in the early twentieth century. The park closed in 1966. (Finlay 9/22/2011)On View
Not on view