Souvenir of a childhood trip; enlarged details on reverse—
This must have been two or three years before the park closed (1964, says Wiki). As I remember—and as family photos suggest—the attractions were pretty limited by then, so it seems it would have been hard to use up ten punches. There are snaps of me on two rides (sister J was too young for them). No picture, but I went on a jerky steeplechase ride, too, and can remember how creaky and antique the structure seemed. I also remember the steeplechase structure and horses as being monochrome wood, though the tinted post cards here and here give an idea of the course's design. (Another view, this photo.)
In the park's heyday, it was a 1930s haunt of Reginald Marsh, out to paint all that fleshy humanity in search of excitement...
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| George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park; image found here. |
The Brooklyn Museum has another Marsh painting of the same scene: The Bowl, 1933. (Thumbnail and details.)
The Bowl, c. 1961: not packed, and strictly for kids—
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