Coney Island is a twentieth-century icon of American fun, and the birthplace of the large-scale amusement park. George Tilyou's grinning "funny face" logo for Steeplechase Park, the giant tower at Dreamland, and Luna Park's 1.3 million electric lights drew crowds of fun-seekers for decades. Visitors strolled the boardwalk, splashed in the Atlantic Ocean, rode the Wonder Wheel, and enjoyed festive, carefree days at New York's "Electric Eden."
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Luna Park
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Foolish House
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Two people on a horse ride.
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Coney Island's Ferris Wheel
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Dreamland
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A Coney Island elephant
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Steeplechase Park
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Coney Island at night
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Bathers at Coney Island
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Steeplechase Park
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Two women enjoying Coney Island's rides
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Steeplechase Park