Saturday, October 20, 2007

Coney Photos on Shorpy

Some great old photos of Coney Island have been put up Shorpy, an interesting blog devoted to old photographs. The newly posted photos include:

'Surf Avenue: 1913' (above)
July 16, 1913. Surf Avenue on Coney Island, with Feltman's Clam Bake on the left.

'Luna Park: 1913' (above)
May 19, 1913. Promenaders at Luna Park, "The Heart of Coney Island


'Coney Island Bathers' (above)
On the beach at New York's Coney Island circa 1910-1915.


Shorpy posted a few good Coney shots earlier in the year too, such as this photo of Orphans going to Luna Park in 1911 (below), which includes a 1911 New York Times article on the outing.



- post by Ben Nadler


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