Coney Island





Introduction	1
2000	1
A Short History of Coney Island	3
A Short History of World's Fairs	4
Philadelphia 1876	5
The Sea Beach Palace	7
A Preponderance of Pachyderms	9
The West End Railway	11
The Observation Tower	12
















Coney Island
The Thunderbolt at Coney Island	http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/voicjl27/dnstate.html
The Thunderbolt	http://www.univox.com/~barmah/jmiller/ci_tbolt.html
The Parachute Jump	http://history.amusement-parks.com/users/adamsandy/parachute.htm
The Parachute Jump	http://bayridge.com/jump.htm
The Boardwalk	http://www.urban75.org/photos/newyork/ny117.htm
Carousell	http://history.amusement-parks.com/users/adamsandy/bandb.htm
Roller Coasters	http://www.me.utexas.edu/~uer/roller/history.html
The Wonder Wheel	http://history.amusement-parks.com/users/adamsandy/wonderwheel.htm
Deno's Fireworks	http://www.wonderwheel.com/events.xhtml
The Coney Island Museum	http://www.coneyislandusa.com/museum.shtml
Ride Timeline	http://www.napha.org/moments.html
Elephant Hotel	http://www.childrensfurniture.net/lucy/index.htm
Elephant Hotel	http://www.pressplus.com/lucy/lucy_2.html
Elephant Hotel	http://www.lucytheelephant.org/history.html
Moulin Rouge Elephant	http://www.simplytaty.com/history/moulinrouge.htm
Coney Island Joy Rides	http://www.joyrides.com/coney_island/index.htm











The 2002 Mermaid Parade Information on the 2002 Mermaid Parade. The 200l Mermaid Parade - Great photographs - 2001 Mermaid Parade. Streetstudio - A Great photo portrait project photographing the people of NY. Coney Island Joy Rides - Great photographs of the Coney Island Comet and Wonder Wheel. Coney Island Web Ring - A celebration of Coney Island in photography, art, history and poetry. Contortion Home Page - Dedicated to the beautiful art of contortion - excellent photography. Harry Laplow Photographs - Very fine B&W photographs of Coney Island. Carnies - Outstanding b&w photographs of carnival workers by John Decker. Coney Island History Site - Well researched site on the history of Coney Island. Coney Island USA - General information on Coney Island events and activities. Claus Guglberger - Fine photographs of Coney Island and the 1999 Mermaid Parade. cgpix.com - Stock photographs of Coney Island by Claus Guglberger. Shocked and Amazed - Side banners, history and other information on the midway. Coney Island Museum - The world's largest public collection of Coney Island artifacts. Astroland Amusement Park - Great amusement park - home of the Cyclone. Coney Island - 1906 Map Coney Island Archive Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2001 Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2000 Coney Island Mermaid Parade Coney Island Pix, February 2000 Coney Island - Brooklyn's Playground by the Sea Coney Island - Carnival Capital Joyrides - Coney Island Coney Island Photographs Magazine Spotlight - Andy Levin Sees Coney Island Mermaid Parade - 2001 Mermaid Parade - 2001 Mermaids Moonmilk - Mermaid Parade 2000 The American Experience - Coney Island Dick Zigun Coney Island - The Carnival Capital Mike Schreiber Photography NYC Coney Island NYSS Members at the 19th Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade SKS Photo The American Experience Costumenetwork Long Tooth - Coney Island Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2001 - artandpolitics.com Coney Island Then and Now Mercury - Lyrics



A pleasant correspondence with Tammy Lau at The Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno. Special Collections Library 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Half Stereo views. Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs, 1851-1940 http://www.lib.csufresno.edu/SubjectResources/SpecialCollections/WorldFairs/1876Philadelphia.html
Arthur Huneke for kind help with the Long Island Railway and Coney Island system Maps and photographs and the West End Railway from the Philadelphia Centennial.















The Sea Beach to Coney Island, 1979	William W. Fausser