This Photo of the Week captures the fresh and delightfully-eerie grin of “Funny Face” as his iconic pearly whites get a fresh coat of paint from Tom “Skippy” Campagna in 1951. This grinning gentleman was introduced to Brooklyn in 1897 as the mascot of Steeplechase Park in Coney Island. His name is a play on the park’s tagline “Steeplechase - The Funny Place.”
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