Longtime Director of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce
Long the executive secretary of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce, 100-year-old Matt Kennedy was one of Coney Island's biggest champions. Matt was of Irish, Italian and Russian descent. His grandfather was a Coney Island lighthouse keeper...
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Page 25 (top right) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: The Giant and the Dwarf at Dreamland
Photograph of a giant and dwarf in Dreamland Park
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Page 64 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Chutes and Bridge, Dreamland
Photograph of Chutes and Bridge ride in Dreamland Park
One of Coney Island's three main amusement parks, Dreamland, established in 1904, was considered more "refined,...
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Page 23 of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: View of Dreamland from Chutes
Photograph of Dreamland Park from the top of the Chutes
One of Coney Island's three main amusement parks, Dreamland, established in 1904, was considered more "...
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Page 57 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Night in Dreamland
Photograph of night in Dreamland Park
One of Coney Island's three main amusement parks, Dreamland, established in 1904, was considered more "refined, orderly and symmetrical" than...
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Page 74 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Dreamland from the Ocean
Photograph of Dreamland Park from the Ocean
One of Coney Island's three main amusement parks, Dreamland, established in 1904, was considered more "refined, orderly and...
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Page 17 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: The Western End of Coney Island from the Chutes, Dreamland
A photograph of the western end of Coney Island from the Chutes at Dreamland.
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