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 40 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Pain's Vesuvius, Manhattan Beach
Photograph of amphitheatre owned and run by Henry J. Pain. Patrons had the opportunity to witness reenactments of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and other...
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Page 22 (bottom left) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Resurrection
Photograph of the Resurrection sideshow
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Page 14 of Coney Island - The People's History: A Condensed History of Coney Island, continued
A textual narrative written by Major B. Franklin Waite, A.M., Ph.D., B.S., LL.D. about the origin of Coney Island as a community. Starting in 1844, the...
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Page 71 of Coney Island - The People's Playground: Chutes from Bostock's, Dreamland
Photograph of the Chutes from Bostock's at Dreamland Park
One of Coney Island's three main amusement parks, Dreamland, established in 1904, was considered more "...
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Page 08 (top) of the Glimpses of the New Coney Island book: Albemarle Hotel
Photograph of the Albemarle Hotel (located on Surf Avenue)
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