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Coney Island was arguably the first amusement park, though its form and function was copied and duplicated everywhere.

See Also: CONEY ISLAND

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Coney Island Sideshow, Surf Avenue, ca. 1915

Added Jan 1 2025

Wonderland Circus Sideshow, Coney Island

Added Dec 31 2024

Dreamland Circus Sideshow & Stubenbord’s Restaurant

Added Dec 30 2024

E.J. Perry Silhouettist Silouette, 1909

Added Dec 28 2024

Stauch’s Coney Island “A Thing of Beauty”

Added Dec 28 2024

Battle of Chateau-Thierry at Coney Island

Added Dec 26 2024

Virginia Reel and Submarine Attacks, Coney Island

Added Dec 26 2024

The Zombie Cafe “Souvenir of Coney Island”

Added Nov 6 2024

Docen’s Freak Animal Show at Coney Island

Added Oct 26 2024

Koo Koo, Zip & Schlitzie At Coney

Added Oct 6 2024

Alice Sibley, College Student Turned Coney Island Spieler

Added Aug 4 2024

Sandy Reed Ringling Circus World Recommendation Letter

Added Aug 4 2024

Al Flosso “The Coney Island Fakir” Signed Photo

Added Aug 4 2024

Swimming Pool, Steeplechase Park, Coney Island

Added Jan 6 2024

Save The Coney Island Cyclone Pinback

Added Jul 16 2023

Steeplechase Coney Island Funny Place Pinback

Added Jul 16 2023

Boer War Spectacle Diving Horse at Coney Island

Added May 8 2023

Kafir Kraal, Boer War Spectacle, Coney Island

Added May 8 2023

Helter-Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island, Embossed

Added May 8 2023

Boer War Spectacular at Coney Island

Added May 8 2023

Boer War Spectacular At Coney Island

Added May 8 2023

Coney Island’s Biggest Fire Disaster

Added May 8 2023

Three Tourists and a Ferris Wheel Tintype

Added Mar 19 2023

Souvenir Hula Dancers Tintype From Coney Island

Added Oct 3 2020

The Iron Pier, Coney Island

Added May 10 2020

Galveston Flood Disaster Show Building, Coney Island

Added May 19 2019

An Egyptian Fire Eater, Unidentified Coney Island Performer

Added May 19 2019

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

Added Nov 6 2016

Helter Skelter, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

Added Apr 18 2016

The Iron Clad, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

Added Apr 18 2016

Fire And Flames, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

Added Apr 18 2016

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

Added Apr 18 2016

Chute The Chutes, Luna Park Company, Coney Island

Added Apr 18 2016

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

Added Apr 18 2016

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

Added Apr 18 2016

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

Added Apr 18 2016

Two Chums At Luna Park, Coney Island, 1910

Added Mar 20 2016

J & G Hagenbeck’s Sword Swallowers & Jugglers

Added Jan 4 2016

Brighton Beach Hotel Tintype

Added Jul 19 2015

Trip To Mars By Aeroplane

Added Sep 28 2014

Coasting Thro’ Switzerland at Coney Island

Added Sep 13 2014

Longbeach Amusement Zone “The Pike”

Added Aug 24 2014

The New Iron Pier at West Brighton, Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

Dreamland By Moonlight

Added Jul 13 2014

Luna Park By Moonlight

Added Jul 13 2014

Stauch’s Advertising Montage

Added Jul 13 2014

“Shoot-A-Photo” Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

Two Guys In The Zombie Cafe

Added Jul 13 2014

Father and Son at Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

Hot Frankfurters at Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

Elephant Fighting The Flames

Added Jul 13 2014

Ye Old Fashioned Clam Bake $1.00

Added Jul 13 2014

Mrs. General Tom Thumb, Midget City

Added Jul 13 2014

Bathing In Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

Bauer Sisters Candy Delicatessen, Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

Bauer Sisters Candy Delicatessen, San Francisco

Added Jul 13 2014

The Destruction of Messina

Added Jul 13 2014

The Galveston Flood Building

Added Jul 13 2014

Johnstown Flood Ticket

Added Jul 13 2014

Johnstown Flood

Added Jul 13 2014

Dreamland, Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 13 2014

The Galveston Flood, AFTER, Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

The Galveston Flood, BEFORE, Coney Island

Added Jul 13 2014

Surf Avenue, Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 13 2014

Bathing At Coney Island, Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 13 2014

Coney Island Park, Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

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

Added Jul 12 2014

Luna Park, Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

Dreamland “Shooting The Chutes,” Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

Luna Park “The Slide,” Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

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

Added Jul 12 2014

Luna Park “Electric Tower,” Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

Luna Park “Promenade,” Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

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

Added Jul 12 2014

Luna Park “Riding The Elephant” Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

Luna Park “The Circus,” Koehler Hold To Light

Added Jul 12 2014

Fighting The Flames, Koehler (Flat Version)

Added Jul 12 2014

Fighting The Flames, Koehler “Hold To Light”

Added Jul 12 2014

Midget City Fire & Police Departments

Added Jul 12 2014

Steeplechase Park $1.00 Badge

Added Jul 12 2014

Chas. Miller with Elephants at Bostock

Added Jul 12 2014

Post Office & Steeplechase Park

Added Jul 12 2014

Rough Riders Rollercoaster

Added Jul 12 2014

The Chutes

Added Jul 12 2014

Loop-The-Loop

Added Jul 12 2014

Loop-The-Loop Ride Ticket

Added Jul 12 2014

Rocky Road To Dublin Ride Ticket

Added Jul 12 2014

Manhattan Beach Hotel, Coney Island

Added Jul 12 2014

Brighton Beach Hotel, Coney Island

Added Jul 12 2014

Brighton Beach Hotel, Coney Island

Added Jul 12 2014

Whirl-Fly Rollercoaster

Added Jul 12 2014

Shooting The Chutes Boat Splashing

Added Jul 11 2014

Circus Ring & Shoot The Chutes

Added Jul 11 2014

Shooting The Chutes, Schenectady

Added Jul 11 2014

Subway and Elevated Stations at Coney Island

Added Jul 7 2014

The Great Swimming Pool at Steeplechase Park

Added Jul 7 2014

The Dragon’ Gorge

Added Jul 7 2014

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

Added Jul 7 2014

Stauch’s “Beauty And The Beasts”

Added Jul 7 2014

A Swell Affair At Stauch’s

Added Jul 7 2014

Stauch’s “You’ll Be Tickled To Death”

Added Jul 7 2014

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

Added Jul 7 2014

Greetings From Coney Island

Added Jul 7 2014

Wonder Wheel At Night

Added Jul 7 2014

Thompson Scenic Railroad Ticket

Added Jul 7 2014

Shooting The Rapids Ticket

Added Jul 7 2014

Nathan’s Famous

Added Jul 7 2014

Coney Island Sideshow

Added Jul 6 2014

Boardwalk and Shifrin’s Hebrew National

Added Jul 6 2014

Coney Island Boardwalk, 1960’s

Added Jul 6 2014

East Indian Natives, Luna Park

Added Jul 6 2014

Swimmers At Coney Island

Added Jul 6 2014

Embroidered Silk Center Court at Luna Park

Added Jul 6 2014

The L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway

Added Jul 6 2014

The L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway

Added Jul 6 2014

Bathing At Coney Island (Glitter Girls)

Added Jul 6 2014

Dreamland Photo Studio Postcard

Added Jul 6 2014

Atlantis, “The Sunken City” at Steeplechase Park

Added Jul 5 2014

Souvenir of Coney Island

Added Jul 5 2014

The Elephant Hotel

Added Jun 26 2014

The Colossal Elephant

Added Jun 26 2014

The Elephant Hotel in Coney Island

Added Jun 26 2014

Coney Island Lighthouse

Added Jun 26 2014

The Inexhaustible Cow

Added Jun 26 2014

Freak Show At Coney Island

Added Jun 26 2014

Brighton Beach, Coney Island, 1900

Added Jun 26 2014

Dreamland Circus Sideshow Pass

Added Jun 26 2014

Dreamland Eden Musee Pass

Added Jun 26 2014

The Greater Dreamland Ticket

Added Jun 25 2014

Geo. C. Tilyou’s Combination Badge

Added Jun 25 2014