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[Coney Island, the lake, Cincinnati, Ohio] – Historic Print

[Coney Island, the lake, Cincinnati, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Coney Island, the lake, Cincinnati, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Cincinnati 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 rare historic photograph captures [Coney Island, the lake, Cincinnati, Ohio] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Coney Island, the lake, Cincinnati, Ohio]

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Coney Island here is not the New York beachfront most people picture, but the amusement park on the Ohio River at Cincinnati, which drew crowds with its lake, rowboats and piers. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American towns, resorts and scenery between about 1900 and 1915, when railroads and promoters were eager to sell travel. The lake and boats show how such parks offered cheap summer recreation to city families, many of whom reached them by streetcar. The scene captures a moment when leisure on the water was a central attraction.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 5873" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039026. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsAmusement parks. Lakes & ponds. Rowboats. Piers & wharves.United States--Ohio--Cincinnati.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-68730

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