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Trapeze performers, Dreamland, Coney Island – Vintage Print

Trapeze performers, Dreamland, Coney Island, c1904. — historic photograph
Trapeze performers, Dreamland, Coney Island, c1904.. 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 Trapeze performers, Dreamland, Coney Island brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Trapeze performers, Dreamland, Coney Island

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Two trapeze performers working high above the crowds at Dreamland make this stereograph stand out from the many Coney Island views on the board. Dreamland opened in 1904 as one of the resort's large, lavishly lit amusement parks, built to draw visitors with spectacle and daring acts. The card was issued by the H.C. White Company, a major stereograph publisher, and it was meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which fused the two slightly different photographs into a single image with depth. Viewed that way, the aerial figures seem to hang in the air above the viewer.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 510. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Amusement parks; Daredevils.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,444 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146518

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