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Ho! for the cooling breezes, and Coney Island

Train to Coney Island. Reproduction, probably from a 19th century illustrated publication; caption under drawing: "The first train to Coney Island was a weird affair. It was the acme of slow...

[Coney Island]

Four reproductions (wood engravings and drawings), probably from a 19th century illustrated publication. Clockwise from top left: Coney Island, from a barren stretch of beach, began to develop...

Bush Terminal

Close-up of railroad car, possibly a track inspection car, with sign, "No. 9, Bush Terminal R.R. Co." man standing inside cabin, man standing on rear platform.

Young hobbyist

Studio portrait of boy assembling model railroad car; Christmas tree in background; presumably publicity photo for Abraham & Straus department store on Fulton street. Caption: "YOUNG HOBBYIST...

Hitch-hikers

Caption: "Hitch-hikers ... among the army of youth seeming somewhere a haven and a job." Image shows a man standing in snow helping a teenage boy down from a freight train ladder. Both are wearing...