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Coney Island

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"If Paris is France, then Coney Island ... is the world."
-- George C. Tilyou, 1886.

Associated Member Images

Alzoria "The Turtle Girl"
Alzoria and Johanna "World's Strangest Family"
Lionel "Half Man Half Lion" Bannerline at Dreamland Circus Sideshow
Mary Ann Bevan "The World's Ugliest Woman"
Save The Coney Island Cyclone Pinback
Steeplechase Coney Island Funny Place Pinback
Boer War Spectacle Diving Horse at Coney Island
Kafir Kraal, Boer War Spectacle, Coney Island
Helter-Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island, Embossed
Helter-Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island, Embossed
Boer War Spectacular at Coney Island
Boer War Spectacular At Coney Island
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