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Sunday, January 30, 2022

A M U S E M E N T S . . . of the past, and Coney Island

a photograph of a 1932 amusement swing in wild dangerous action
a 1932 carnival swing
        
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a Claude Flight print of a carnival amusement swing ride
a Claude Flight print,  1924       click image twice for full size
        
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a Cyril Edward Power print of a carnival anusement swing ride
a print by Cyril Edward Power,  1933
        
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amusement rides at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon Pacific Expo
fun at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon Pacific Expo       click twice
        
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the 1904 World's Fair Temple of Mirth with distorting mirrors, cave of winds and other curious sights
the 1904 World's Fair  "Temple of Mirth ... with distorting mirrors,
cave of winds and other curious sights"       click twice
        
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Niagara Falls 1973 Clifton Hill, a color photograph of the tourist strip
Niagara Falls 1973,  on Clifton Hill the tourist strip
        
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Disney animation carnival background
a Disney animation background       see full size
        
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a 1923 fun-house mirror, two photographs
1923 fun-house mirrors from a carnival industry supply catalog
        
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a 1952 UPA animation background of carnival amusement rides
a 1952 UPA animation background       see full size
        
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a William Cotton 1939 illustration for The New Yorker Magazine, how the wealthy enjoy fireworks
a William Cotton 1939 illustration
        
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1909 Coney Island New York, a photograph of huge outdoor billboard advertising, Luna Park
a 1909 ad for Luna Park at Coney Island,  New York       see full size
        
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the 1885 Coney Island Elephantine Colossus, an illustrated cross-section
the Coney Island 'Elephantine Colossus',  1885 to 1896
        
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the 1890 Coney Island Elephantine Colossus, an illustration
the Coney Island 'Elephantine Colossus' ... the elephant's eyes contained
telescopes and acted as an observatory for visitors ... there were reports
of a working bordello in the structure's declining years       click twice
        
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1904 The Plunging Elephants at Luna Park, an illustration
1904   "The Plunging Elephants .. Luna Park"
        
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1904 Plunging Elephants Luna Park, a photograph
1904  "The Elephant's Plunge"   a Luna Park photograph       click twice
        
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the Coney Island Leap Frog Railway 1904, an illustration
the 1904 Coney Island   "Leap Frog Railway ...  full speed ... 32 people
are literally hurled over the heads of 32 others"       click twice
        
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the 1890 novelty of Coney Island night-swimming by electric light, an illustration
the 1890 novelty of Coney Island night-swimming by electric light 
see full size
        
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a illustrated 1912 Coney Island birds-eye view of the beach and Luna Park
a 1912 Coney Island Luna Park birds-eye view       click twice
        
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1904 Coney Island Amusement Rides, The Water Jump, The Earthquake Floor
1904 Coney Island Amusement Rides   "The Water Jump"   "The Earthquake Floor"
        
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1937 Coney Island Boardwalk Decay, a photograph under the boardwalk
in 1937 the Coney Island  "under-boardwalk"  was in decay       click twice
        
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a Leroy Neiman painting of a MerryGoRound or RoundAbout
a Leroy Neiman painting       see full size
        
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1964 World's Fair amusements
1964 World's Fair amusements
        
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UPA animation 1954, a carnival amusement background, See Creatures From Outer Space
a UPA animation layout,  1954       click twice
        
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a 1972 Electric Bumpercar amusement
a 1972 electric bumper-car carnival ride for ramming other bumper-cars
        
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a photograph at the 1910 Japan-British Exposition of an amusement ride
at the 1910 Japan-British Exposition       click twice
        
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from a sales catalog of 1908 Fraternity Prank Supplies, mercurine powder on water has the appearance of molten lead
from a sales catalog of 1908 Fraternity Prank Supplies ... mercurine
powder on water has the appearance of molten lead       see full size
        
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a Toulouse-Lautrec sketch of a masked couple
European amusements by Toulouse-Lautrec
        
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The Chutes Ride 1911 Scarborough Toronto
the Chutes Ride 1911,  Toronto Canada       see full size
        
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Andre Castaigne illustration of Paris amusements 1900
a 1900 Andre Castaigne illustration of Paris amusements at the World's Fair 
see full size
        
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a Franz Wacik Illustration of tired drunken people crowding transit to leave a carnival
a Franz Wacik Illustration
          
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