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Inside Cover of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Brighton Beach Racing Association Formed by William Engeman, the Brighton Beach Racing Association provided horse races in Brighton Beach from 1879-1910.
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Page 08 (bottom) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Prospect Hotel Photograph of the Prospect Hotel
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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 22 (bottom right) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Rescue Mission Photograph of the Rescue Mission in Coney Island
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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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Page 82 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Glady's Chime Tower, Steeplechase Park Photograph of bell tower in Steeplechase Park Steeplechase Park, developed by George C. Tilyou, was themed based on the Steeplechase ride along a metal track...
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Page 07 of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Coney Island Bank Photograph of a bank in Coney Island
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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 22 (top left) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Hitting Babies
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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 Features information about: The Wooden Elephant...
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