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