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[Dreamland Park, Coney Island, New York] – Historic Print

[Dreamland Park, Coney Island, New York], [between 1905 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Dreamland Park, Coney Island, New York], [between 1905 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: [Dreamland Park, Coney Island, New York], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Dreamland Park, Coney Island, New York]

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Dreamland, which opened on Coney Island in 1904, was among the most lavish amusement parks of its era, and this glass negative captures one of its water slides, a thrill ride that dropped riders down a steep chute. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the view, specialized in large-format photographs of American cities, resorts and landscapes in the early 1900s. Fire swept through Dreamland in 1911, so this picture preserves a resort that lasted only a handful of years. Its 8-by-10-inch glass plate offers a sharp record of the park's mechanical attractions.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033784. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsAmusement parks. Water slides.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66952

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