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    Dreamland was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1904 to 1911. It was...
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  • (Coney Island, 1904), in Brooklyn, New York, United States Dreamland (Coney Island, 2009), in Brooklyn, New York, United States Dreamland (Melbourne amusement...
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    built on Coney Island; the others were Steeplechase Park (1897, by George C. Tilyou) and Dreamland (1904, by William H. Reynolds). At Coney Island's peak...
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  • Coney Island is a 1991 documentary film that traces the history of Coney Island, the westernmost part of the barrier islands of Long Island, New York...
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    Deno's. Coney Island has had three major amusement parks in its past—Steeplechase Park (1897–1964), Luna Park (1903–1944), and Dreamland (1904–1911)—as...
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    architectural firm practicing in New York City, noted as the architects of Coney Island's Dreamland, among other major commissions. The three principals were architects...
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    connect the song with the opening of Coney Island's Dreamland; however, Dreamland at Coney Island opened in 1904 while the song was written in 1909. The...
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    were located in close proximity to several Coney Island attractions, most notably the Luna Park and Dreamland amusement parks, the latter of which was located...
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    made Coney Island the embodiment of the American amusement park. In addition there was Luna Park (opened in 1903) and Dreamland (opened in 1904). Coney Island...
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  • toured Australia in 1903, New Zealand between 1904 and 1908, South America in 1909, and visited Coney Island and Cuba in 1917. Additionally, Abomah performed...
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    Boardwalk (also known as the Coney Island Boardwalk) is a 2.7-mile-long (4.3 km) boardwalk on the southern shore of the Coney Island peninsula in Brooklyn,...
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    Steeplechase Park (category Coney Island)
    the three large amusement parks built on Coney Island, the other two being Luna Park (1903) and Dreamland (1904). Of the three, Steeplechase was the longest-lasting...
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    Exposition of 1904". https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/department-stores/ . Retrieved December 3, 2022. Michael Immerso, Coney Island: The People's...
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    made Coney Island the embodiment of the American amusement park. Coney Island also featured Luna Park (1903) and Dreamland (1904). Coney Island was a...
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  • Trolley Ride Hanging Stockings on a Christmas Tree Hippodrome Races, Dreamland, Coney Island How Jones Lost His Roll Inauguration of President Roosevelt. President-Elect...
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  • Massachusetts, United States)". Lehrman, Paul D. (June 22, 1982). "A Coney Island of a kind: Running a fun park is not all fun and games". The Boston Phoenix...
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  • (including the Casino Theatre in Manhattan). He opened Dreamland, a Coney Island amusement park, in 1904. The park was destroyed in a terrible fire in 1911...
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    features. White City was originally envisioned to be like Dreamland, a park in Coney Island, Brooklyn that was widely praised for its amazing spectacles...
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    George C. Tilyou (category People from Coney Island)
    Park. Born in New York City, his parents had operated businesses in Coney Island from his early childhood. He founded Steeplechase in 1897, and rebuilt...
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    of incidents at independent amusement parks Hoffman, Laura J. (2014). Coney Island. Arcadia Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 9781439645611. Magan, Christopher (September...
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    such as the Coney Island Museum, to jointly present historical or contemporary shows, such as Five Cents To Dreamland: A Trip to Coney Island. On the platform...
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    train car in Sargents, Colorado, on April 29. The Dreamland amusement park opened at Coney Island in New York City at 4 p.m., three hours later than...
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  • Joseph Giacomo Ferari (1868–1953) – lion tamer and circus owner at Dreamland on Coney Island James Clair Flood (1826–1889) – built a fortune from silver mining...
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  • Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (category Manufacturing companies established in 1904)
    DataBase. Marden, Duane. "Wildcat  (Coney Island)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Marden, Duane. "Twister  (Coney Island)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Marden...
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    "Please Mr. Conductor Don't Put Me Off the Train"; "Tillie Tootie The Coney Island Beauty"; "We All Grow Old in Time" 1899: "I ain't got no happy home to...
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    wooden wheels at Asbury Park, New Jersey; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Coney Island, New York. The following year he was granted the first U.S. patent for...
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    1903, was 15 in (381 mm) gauge and their Class E, which was introduced in 1904, was 1 ft 10 in (559 mm) gauge. By the 1920s the Cagney Bros. had absorbed...
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    World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, as well as Luna Park and Dreamland in Coney Island, and the Parisian Luxembourg Palace. McCay made imaginative use...
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    28, 2018 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com. "A New Dreamland at Coney Island; Many Additional Attractions and 1,000,000 Lights Mark 4th Season's...
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  • arrested and 86 cases of arson reported. 1968 – 1968 Coney Islands Riots, July 19–22, Coney Island, New York City, New York, the cause of the riots are...
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