Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)

Sea Breeze Home

View of Sea Breeze Home, a large, six-story, brick building, a summer, convalescent home for poor children, located in Coney Island. The exact...

Seaside Home

View of group of children swimming and playing in the water in front of Seaside Home, a summer resort for poor children located in Coney Island. The...

Seaside Hospital

View of Seaside Hospital of the Brooklyn Children's Aid Society. Additional inscription: "Hospital where crippled children will be treated."...

Self portrait

Two self portraits of Anders Goldfarb standing on the Coney Island boardwalk with amusement rides seen in the background.

She hunts big game

Caption: "She hunts big game--Elaine Monesmith, 12, of Dayton, Ohio, really does, and has already brought down two man-eating lions and an...

Shooting gallery

Young men firing rifles at a shooting gallery in Coney Island's Steeplechase Park. The image is not dated.

Shooting gallery

Young men firing rifles at a shooting gallery in Coney Island's Steeplechase Park. The image is not dated.

Sitting on top of the world

Caption: "Sitting on top of the world--Enthroned as Queen of the Carnival, Dorothy Duane, 19, of 3224 Avenue I, had a good view of...

Small fry

Young girl and young boy standing on boardwalk holding fishing rod in one hand and fish on hook in the other. Caption: "Small fry--Those may not be the...

Statue of Lincoln

Caption: "Statue of Lincoln [standing on pedestal with right hand resting on portion of column] that graced the Flatbush porch [of late Supreme...

Steam-operated swings

Patented model of Steam-operated swings, an amusement ride, in American Museum of Public Recreation in Coney Island.

Steeplechase horses

View of two workmen removing paper covering mechanical horses used in The Steeplechase, a ride at Coney island's Steeplechase Park.

Steeplechase now, from pier, Coney Island

A man sits on a pier bench, and adults and children walk on the Coney Island boardwalk. Includes the...

Steeplechase Park

Man lying on back poolside (Steeplechase Park, Coney Island) holding young woman, balanced upside down, by their arms; three boys swimming in...

Steeplechase Park swimming pool

Swimming pool at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, with many swimmers and spectators (some looking at camera in...

Steeplechase pool

Young man fully clothed standing in Steeplechase Park swimming pool in Coney Island; young woman is standing on diving board on far right,...

Steeplechase Walk

Portion of walkway (Steeplechase Walk) at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island with several buildings, several pedestrians and portion of roller...

Stillwell Ave. & Surf Ave.

Corner of Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island; two men in foreground standing on tall ladders painting large...

Student strike at Brooklyn school

Caption: "Student strike at Brooklyn school--Part of estimated 1,000 Abraham Lincoln High School students who...

Sun Set, Coney Island

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sun Set, Coney Island

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney Island

View from a fishing pier, facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney Island

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings; includes a fishing pole on the left side...

Sunset, Coney Island

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney Island

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney Island

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney Island

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings. Double exposed with an image of fireworks...

Sunset, Coney [Island]

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney [Island]

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney [Island]

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney [Island]

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Sunset, Coney [Island]

View facing the sunset behind the Coney Island shoreline and high rise apartment buildings.

Surf Ave.

Facade of large, two-story commercial building on Surf Avenue in Coney Island with Sea Breeze Inn Restaurant, Fleur de Lis Soda & Candy Shop, and Edison (...

Surf Ave.

View of section of Surf Avenue in Coney Island's Luna Park which was closed in 1946. Image includes several moving and parked automobiles and several...

Surf Avenue

Surf Avenue, Coney Island, looking west, with commercial buildings on both sides. On left: Galveston Flood, Dreamland, and Steeplechase observation...

Sylvia Gewirtz

Woman holding umbrella fishing from pier in foreground with many peopel standing in background and section of amusement park in far background....

The Chicken

Close-up view of four young women sitting on The Chicken, a ride at Coney Island's Steeplechase Park. The image is not dated.

The Coney Island Concourse

Drawing. Couples in horse-drawn carriages and other riders before large, columned pavilion; men wearing or doffing top hats,...

The Coney Island Concourse

Drawing. Couples in horse-drawn carriages and other riders before large, columned pavilion; men wearing or doffing top hats,...

The dim edge of splendor

Caption: "The dim edge of splendor--The famous shore dinners at Feltman's were known the world over at the turn of the century....

The Hoopla

View of four young couples sitting on The Hoopla, a Coney Island ride. The image is not dated.

The Marines fly high

Closeup: Caption: "The Marines fly high--Edward McCarthy takes his girl for a ride on the ferris wheel at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island....

The new iron pier

Drawing: Coney Island pier with large pavilion on each end; building on left has three flags flying fron cupolas: "Iron pier," "New pier," and an...

The new iron pier

Drawing: Coney Island pier with large pavilion on each end; building on left has three flags flying fron cupolas: "Iron pier," "New pier," and...

The Rocket

View of four men standing, two sitting, and one kneeling, and one woman standing, on a walkway next to The Rocket, a Coney Island ride. The man kneeling in...

The sleeping babe

Caption: "The sleeping babe--Coney Island's Mardi Gras proves just too much for year-and-a-half old Nick Toto of 437 15th St. whose mother...

The slide

Four young women riding on slide at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island.

Therese Gonsieski

Young girl wearing coat, with Nathan's button, and hat standing on pier holding fishing rod in left hand and fish on line in right hand....

Thompson Coaster

Thompson Coaster, a Coney Island ride located on Surf Avenue near 8th Street. Includes a large sign in left foreground, "Fire Works 8: 45 p.m....

Thompson Coaster

Thompson Coaster, a Coney Island ride located on Surf Avenue near 8th Street.

Three sailors

Exterior view of three men wearing sailor suits, possibly acrobats, performing at Steeplechase Park Circus in Coney Island. Image includes a large...

Tilt-A-Whirl

View of four young women sitting in Tilt-A-Whirl, a Coney Island ride. Image includes a young man wearing a coat standing in right background.

Time out for lunch

Caption: "Time out for lunch--While Edward Hill of 179 St. John's Place catches up on his reading, Sonny Grew of 1919 Surf Ave. lights a...

Toll Gate on Shell Road, from Gravesend to Coney Island

Exterior view of a historic gatehouse on a dirt road. Includes telephone...

Toll gate on the Coney Island Plank Road

Lithograph of small wood building, three horse-drawn carriages in foreground, road on right, and trees...

Tornado

The Tornado, a Coney Island ride.

Tornado

The Tornado, a Coney Island ride. Includes three young men, back to camera, looking up at a man working on Tornado sign.

Tornado

The Tornado, a Coney Island ride. An aerial view of the ride with many pedestrians and parked automobiles in foreground.

Tornado

The Tornado, a Coney Island ride.

Tribute to the ancestors

Exterior, close-up view of African American woman performing in an African tribal ritual on the Coney Island boardwalk. The exact...