No. 2 of Luna Park, New York, 1903 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with No. 2 of Luna Park, New York, 1903, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: No. 2 of Luna Park
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No. 2 of Luna Park, New York, 1903
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Luna Park, the amusement park that opened at Coney Island in 1903, is the subject here, and this panoramic view takes in the fountain at its center and the dense crowds gathered around it. Panoramic cameras of the early twentieth century swept slowly across a scene, so people near the edges sometimes appear stretched or blurred, a telltale sign of the process. Coney Island drew huge weekend crowds from across New York City, and Luna Park, with its towers, lights and water displays, became one of its most famous attractions before a fire destroyed much of it in 1944.
| Created / published | 1903 |
|---|---|
| Creator | falk, b. j. (benjamin j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,910 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | No. 2 of Luna Park |
| Reference | NY 1903 No. 2 of Luna Park |
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