Page 22 (top right) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Surf Avenue, Looking East
Photograph of Surf Avenue, Looking East
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Page 49 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Bostock's, Surf Avenue Entrance
Photograph of Bostock's entrance
"Frank Bostock's wild animal pavilion was one of the attractions at Dreamland, which opened in 1904." (From: Coney Island: Lost and...
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Page 07 (top right) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: The Cow
Photograph of the Inexhaustible Cow, at a stand which served ice cold milk for 5 cents.
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Page 08-09 of Chamber of Commerce book: In the Beginning (cntd); All Year at Coney
Continuation of historical narrative of Coney Island; description of the economic growth and expansion of Coney Island
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The Wooden Elephant...
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Page 79 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Steeplechase Park, Long Green
Photograph of the Long Green at Steeplechase Park
Steeplechase Park, developed by George C. Tilyou, was themed based on the Steeplechase ride along a metal track built...
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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 45 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Rough Riders
Photograph of the Roosevelt Rough Riders Scenic Railway which took passengers through scenes of the Spanish-American War.
"Seventeen people in two cars were pitched from the top of a...
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Page 05 (bottom) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: A Race at Steeplechase Park
Photograph of the racetracks at Steeplechase Park
Steeplechase Park, developed by George C. Tilyou, was themed based on the Steeplechase ride along a metal...
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Page 02-03 of This Coney Island, America's Incredible Carnival Chamber of Commerce book: Advertisement for the Half Moon Hotel and Title Page
Includes photos of exterior, dining room and lobby of Half Moon Hotel
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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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