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[Entrance of Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York] – Antique Print

[Entrance of Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York], 1965 — historic photograph
[Entrance of Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York], 1965. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(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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The entrance to Steeplechase Park, with its giant grinning face, is the subject of this 1965 United Press International news photograph. George C. Tilyou opened the park on Surf Avenue in 1897, and its gateway became one of the most recognizable landmarks of Coney Island. The park closed in 1964 after nearly seven decades, so pictures like this one from the New York World-Telegram collection record the end of an era on the Brooklyn shore.

Created / published1965
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1960-1970.
NotesUnited Press International photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. No. NXP 1458645.
SubjectsAmusement parks--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970. Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan834 × 582 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191375

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