Page 15 (top): Performing Horses at Luna Park

Page 15 (top) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Performing Horses at Luna Park

Photograph of performing horses inside a performance ring in Luna Park

One of Coney Island's three main amusement parks, Dreamland, established in 1904, was considered more "refined, orderly and symmetrical" than Luna Park and Steeplchase Park. Bankruptcy forced the owners to auction off the park in 1910 before a fire completely destroyed the park in 1911.

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