Title

Coney Island Beachgoers, 1898

Caption

Women in bathing suits striking poses. Due to Coney Island's proximity to Manhattan and other boroughs it began attracting vacationers in the 1830s and 1840s. Between about 1880 and WWII, Coney Island was the largest amusement area in the United States, attracting several million visitors per year. At its height, it contained three competing major amusement parks, Luna Park, Dreamland, and Steeplechase Park, as well as many independent amusements. When the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company electrified the steam railroads and connected Brooklyn to Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge at the beginning of the 20th century, Coney Island turned rapidly from a resort to an accessible location for day-trippers seeking to escape the summer heat in New York City's tenements. Stereograph by Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1898.

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Photographe : Photo Researchers

Date

1898

Credit line

Photo12/Alamy/Science History Images

Reference

LMY23T02_HRP711

Usage

only for France

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,4Mb (1,6Mb) / 12,5in x 12,6in / 3750 x 3770 (300dpi)

Keywords

entertainment recreation history historic historical famous important notable well-known coney island beach beachgoers women pose posing sportswear athletic clothing athletic wear swimsuit swimwear swim wear bathing suit one piece one piece garment one piece bathing suit shore ocean oceanside at the beach seaside brooklyn new york city nyc america american united states us usa americana good old days good ole days nostalgia nostalgic retro sentimental sentimentality summer vacation vacationing photo photograph stereograph stereograph card cropped strohmeyer & wyman 1898 1890s 19th century bw coney island beachgoers 1898 entertainment