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Surf Ave. Entrance to Luna Park, a novel feature of Coney Island, N.Y. – Antique Wall Art

Surf Ave. Entrance to Luna Park, a novel feature of Coney Island, N.Y., c1903. — historic photograph
Surf Ave. Entrance to Luna Park, a novel feature of Coney Island, N.Y., c1903.. Historic photograph from the Coney Island 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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This historic photograph of Surf Ave. Entrance to Luna Park, a novel feature of Coney Island, N.Y. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Surf Ave. Entrance to Luna Park, a novel feature of Coney Island, N.Y.

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Luna Park's entrance on Surf Avenue was the first thing crowds saw when they arrived at Coney Island, and this stereograph records it in the years just after the park opened in 1903. Its designers, Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy, built the park around towers, domes, and a great many electric lights, which made it famous for its after-dark glow. The photographer, William H. Rau of Philadelphia, made many views of the resort. Seen through a stereoscope, the two nearly identical images merge into a single three-dimensional view of the gateway.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by William H. Rau. No. 5572. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; NY--NYC--C- Island; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 791 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133209

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