Coney Island beach a summer play ground for the citys throngs New York City – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Coney Island beach a summer play ground for the citys throngs New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Coney Island beach a summer play ground for the citys throngs New York City
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Coney Island's beach is the focus here, shown as the stereograph's title puts it: a summer playground for the city's crowds. Photographer William H. Rau made this view in 1903 for the stereo card market, where cards like this were sold in sets and viewed through a stereoscope to create a three-dimensional effect. Coney Island on the southern tip of Brooklyn was among the most popular seaside resorts for New Yorkers in the early 1900s, reached by trolley and elevated train, and its packed sands captured the scale of working-class leisure in the growing city. Rau is known for documenting these resort scenes, so the card offers a snapshot of how the crowds gathered there at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | No. 5578. Copyright by William H. Rau. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Beaches--New York (State)--New York--1900-1910. Crowds--New York (State)--New York--1900-1910. Coney Island (New York N.Y.)--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,261 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-270058 |
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