The Chutes

Early 1900 view of Sea Lion Park with Chuting The Chutes in the foreground. "Copyright 1900, A. Loeffler, Thomkinsville, NY, No. 71. E. Frey & Company, Publishers, New York." On verso: "Made in Germany" Undivided postcard back. …………………………...Sea Lion Park was the first amusement park at Coney Island, started in 1895 by Paul Boyton. He fenced the property and charged admission, the park becoming the first enclosed and permanent amusement park in North America.

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