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“If Paris is France, then Coney Island … is the world.” — George C. Tilyou, 1886.

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Biography of Prince Randion (4 Pages)

Tornado Roller Coaster, Coney Island

Geo. C. Tilyou’s Combination Badge

The Greater Dreamland Ticket

Dreamland Eden Musee Pass

Dreamland Circus Sideshow Pass

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, 1900

Freak Show At Coney Island

The Inexhaustible Cow

Coney Island Lighthouse

The Elephant Hotel in Coney Island

The Colossal Elephant

The Elephant Hotel

Souvenir of Coney Island

Atlantis, “The Sunken City” at Steeplechase Park

Dreamland Photo Studio Postcard

Bathing At Coney Island (Glitter Girls)

The L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway

The L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway

Embroidered Silk Center Court at Luna Park

Swimmers At Coney Island

East Indian Natives, Luna Park

Coney Island Boardwalk, 1960’s

Boardwalk and Shifrin’s Hebrew National

Coney Island Sideshow

Nathan’s Famous

Shooting The Rapids Ticket

Thompson Scenic Railroad Ticket

Wonder Wheel At Night

Greetings From Coney Island

Stauch’s “Go Where The Crowds Go” [v1]

Stauch’s “You’ll Be Tickled To Death”

A Swell Affair At Stauch’s

Stauch’s “Beauty And The Beasts”

Stauch’s “Go Where The Crowds Go” [v2]

The Dragon’ Gorge

The Great Swimming Pool at Steeplechase Park

Subway and Elevated Stations at Coney Island

Circus Ring & Shoot The Chutes

Shooting The Chutes Boat Splashing

Whirl-Fly Rollercoaster

Brighton Beach Hotel, Coney Island

Brighton Beach Hotel, Coney Island

Manhattan Beach Hotel, Coney Island

Rocky Road To Dublin Ride Ticket

Loop-The-Loop Ride Ticket

Loop-The-Loop

The Chutes

Rough Riders Rollercoaster

Post Office & Steeplechase Park

Chas. Miller with Elephants at Bostock

Steeplechase Park $1.00 Badge

Midget City Fire & Police Departments

Fighting The Flames, Koehler “Hold To Light”

Fighting The Flames, Koehler (Flat Version)

Luna Park “The Circus,” Koehler Hold To Light

Luna Park “Riding The Elephant” Koehler Hold To Light

Luna Park “The Circus,” Koehler Non-“Hold To Light” Version

Luna Park “Promenade,” Koehler Hold To Light

Luna Park “Electric Tower,” Koehler Hold To Light

Luna Park “The Electric Tower,” Koehler Non-“Hold To Light” Version

Luna Park “The Slide,” Koehler Hold To Light

Dreamland “Shooting The Chutes,” Koehler Hold To Light

Luna Park, Koehler Hold To Light

Luna Park, Koehler Non-“Hold To Light” Version

Coney Island Park, Koehler Hold To Light

Bathing At Coney Island, Koehler Hold To Light

Surf Avenue, Koehler Hold To Light

The Galveston Flood, BEFORE, Coney Island

The Galveston Flood, AFTER, Coney Island

Dreamland, Koehler Hold To Light

Johnstown Flood

Johnstown Flood Ticket

The Galveston Flood Building

The Destruction of Messina

Bauer Sisters Candy Delicatessen, San Francisco

Bauer Sisters Candy Delicatessen, Coney Island

Bathing In Coney Island

Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Midget City

Ye Old Fashioned Clam Bake $1.00

Elephant Fighting The Flames

Hot Frankfurters at Coney Island

Father and Son at Coney Island

Two Guys In The Zombie Cafe

“Shoot-A-Photo” Coney Island

Stauch’s Advertising Montage

Luna Park By Moonlight

Dreamland By Moonlight

The New Iron Pier at West Brighton, Coney Island

Eden Musee Ticket Seller

Captain Paul Boyton

Captain Paul Boyton (4 Pages)

Weighing Barnum’s White Elephant

Jumbo At Coney Island

Trip To Mars By Aeroplane

Michael Wilson “What Price Mistakes?”

Michael Wilson

Man’s Inhumanity To Man Sideshow at Coney Island

Prince Randion “Armless & Legless Wonder”

Lionette (Doris Gutterman)

The Smallest, Tallest and Fattest

Violetta “The Half-Woman”

Brighton Beach Hotel Tintype

Zip “What Is it?” at Coney Island

Hubert’s Museum at Coney Island

William Heckler At Dreamland (4 Pages)

Violet & Daisy Hilton

Freddie Esele at Coney Island

Two Chums At Luna Park, Coney Island, 1910

Allister MacWilkie “World Prize Whiskers” at Coney Island

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Luna Park, Coney Island

Maggie Murphy “Giantess” at Tilyou’s Steeplechase Park

A Trip To The Moon, Luna Park Co. Postcard, Coney Island

Great Durbar of India In The Streets of Delhi, Luna Park, Coney Island

Chute The Chutes, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

The Great Durbar At Delhi, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

Fire And Flames, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

The Iron Clad, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

Helter Skelter, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

Maxine Mina, Four Legged Girl at Coney Island

Armless Man, Cipriano Maghanoy, of Sigijor, P.I.

Facade of The Coney Island Dreamland Circus Sideshow in 1921

The Coney Island Dreamland Social Club by Edward J. Kelty, 1923

A Night At Coney Island “Congress of Living Freaks” Stage Show

Frank Worden, “The Ossified Man”

Gretel “19 Years Old, 30 Inches High”

Mademoiselle Gabriele “The Half Lady”

Elizabeth “The Living Doll”

Artie Atherton “The White Man’s Hope”

Eddie Masher “38 Lbs.”

Abdullah, Persian Dervish, Walking On Glass

La Birra, “Double-Bodied Wonder” [Jean-Jacques Libbera]

“Airy Fairy” Lillian [Mahoney] Albino

Princess Wee-Wee At Dreamland

Duchess Leona, Midget Lady, Dreamland

King and Prince, Midget Brothers, Dreamland

Lady Little “The Doll Lady” in Dreamland

Princess Wee-Wee And Manager(?)

Baron Paucci “The Smallest & Most Perfect Man”

Cipriano Maghanoy, Shooting A Rifle Armlessly

Lourello “The Man With A Revolving Head” At Coney Island

Habu, The Man With The Iron Tongue, In Dreamland

Habu “The Man With The Iron Tongue” In Dreamland

Fat Emile at Dreamland Circus Sideshow

Baby Emma at Coney Island

World Circus Side Show Season Pass Signed By Sam Wagner

An Egyptian Fire Eater, Unidentified Coney Island Performer

Sartori “The Armless Violin Player”

Galveston Flood Disaster Show Building, Coney Island

Miss Cherrie “The Most Perfect Fat Woman In The World”

Mr. And Mrs. Joe Short “Smallest Married Couple In The World”

Princess Suzanne “World’s Smallest Actress”

Pani “Born In Java”

The Iron Pier, Coney Island

Otis Jordan “Human Cigarette Factory”

Mr. & Mrs. Short “Miniature Vaudeville Team”

Oso “The Bear Boy”

Souvenir Hula Dancers Tintype From Coney Island

Master Herbert & Capt. Jack Barnett “Father & Son Midgets?”

Viola [Violet] and Daisy Hilton

Princes Margurite, Dreamland Circus Sideshow

Prince Dennison, Dreamland Circus Sideshow

Greetings From Coney Island, Flounder Fish Border

Looping the Loop, Shell Border, Coney Island

Boardwalk, Brighton Beach, Shell Border, Coney Island

Souvenir From Coney Island, Shell Border

Coney Island Twins: Billycan and Billycan

Riding The Elephant At Coney Island

Baby Elephant On The Beach, Luna Park, Coney Island

Shell-Bordered “From The Ocean By Night”

Fighting The Flames Dreamland

Look at the crowd that greeted me at…..Coney Island

The Helter-Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island

Coney Island’s Biggest Fire Disaster

Boer War Spectacular At Coney Island

Boer War Spectacular at Coney Island

Helter-Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island, Embossed

Helter-Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island, Embossed

Kafir Kraal, Boer War Spectacle, Coney Island

Boer War Spectacle Diving Horse at Coney Island

Steeplechase Coney Island Funny Place Pinback

Save The Coney Island Cyclone Pinback

Mary Ann Bevan “The World’s Ugliest Woman”

Lionel “Half Man Half Lion” Bannerline at Dreamland Circus Sideshow

Alzoria and Johanna “World’s Strangest Family”

Alzoria “The Turtle Girl”

Luck Daredevils, Coney Island

Steeplechase Circus Big Show

Swimming Pool, Steeplechase Park, Coney Island

Lucia Zarate & General Mite at Coney Island

Eden Musee Thomas Edison, Lloyd George Wax Figures Destroyed In Fire

Capt. Louis Sorcho

Chastity Belt Pitchbook from Medieval Tortures Show (6 Pages)

Alice Sibley, College Student Turned Coney Island Spieler

Medieval Tortures at Coney Island

World Circus Sideshow, Coney Island, 1932

Docen’s Freak Animal Show at Coney Island

The Zombie Cafe “Souvenir of Coney Island”

Virginia Reel and Submarine Attacks, Coney Island

Battle of Chateau-Thierry at Coney Island

Dave Rosen’s Wonderland Sideshow