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In Dreamland, Coney Island, N.Y. – Historic Reproduction

In Dreamland, Coney Island, N.Y., c1905. — historic photograph
In Dreamland, Coney Island, N.Y., c1905.. 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 rare historic photograph captures In Dreamland, Coney Island, N.Y. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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In Dreamland, Coney Island, N.Y.

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Dreamland was one of the most ambitious attractions on Coney Island's Surf Avenue, a whole park built around a theme of spectacle and electric light in the early 1900s. This glass negative, made by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1905, records the park during its first years, when crowds came for its towers, lagoons, and nighttime illumination. The company was best known for its color photochrom prints of American scenery, so this plate, which was later given to the State Historical Society of Colorado, is a useful document of how the resort looked to visitors at the time. Fire destroyed Dreamland in 1911.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30290. 449" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018316. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsAmusement parks.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan800 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61847

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