Coney Island, 1900s
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In my own humble opinion people would have had more fun back in the 1900's Coney than they would today! There is no doubt in my mind on that! The men and woman from this time are made of a different fabric than of today! Just looking and watching the many amazing feats! I salute you.I went to Coney in the 1960's I can't imagine going in the 1940's and earlier. It must have been a very special time. a forever memory!
confirmation to me that pre-boomer generations were the best! During the 1970s the people in these clips were the " old timers" and the more that died off the more soul-less the city became. But the post boomer generration will tell you NYC sleaze was the best. No. It was the "mom & pop" and all that came with it generations!
As a Coney fan I thank you. I've never seen this before. I remember Coney from my childhood. It's onl a ghostly shell now of what it once was.
Home sweet home. I grew up there and traveled the United States. I still look at footage from it and cry even though the neighborhoods their were terrible when I was a kid. I still call it home.
As a kid, it was my home away from home, I loved that Park. :o)
Those 🐎 horse's are so cool in Coney land
Fantastic footage
Fire and Flame was apparently in Dreamland the shortest-lived of the parks not Luna Park. Its weird how all of these beautiful parks suffered the same fate, fire.
Actually, both parks had these fire-fighting shows. Luna Park had it first, and their show was called "Fire and Flames." Then Dreamland copied it from Luna and called it "Fighting the Flames."
Our ancestors were the best ...
+eyestoenvy Agreed. The rides back then look more awesome than some of the rides today. Plus, Luna Park at night is one of the most awesome sights I've seen. Not even Disneyland has that much spectacle.
+darthstarkiller1912 now or before?
Henry Before. The Luna Park currently on Coney Island pales to the original.
It would be fantastic if this could be digitally sharpened, enhanced and perhaps colorized so everyone could appreciate how beautiful Coney was back then.
Oh those crazy folks from the old days... or NY... lol Reminders that people are people and always have been and not everyone was a stuffy stick in the mud in back then! Man. Those were NOT led bulbs, either. But can you imagine at that time when so many people in the world did not yet have electric lights or very very bare minimum how impressive this would be to see for the first time! Outstanding. CI will always hold a dear place in my heart and I often wish I could go back in time to see what it looked like in person, because it's hard from the really old photos and film footage to imagine it as real. Like it's all made of carboard or something lol Damn near it, but still.
Very strange that their is a bunch of video of Coney of early 1900 but none of Golden city amusement park in Canarsie which was quite fabulous as well !
That takes the cake.
That was Great, Thank you
Lol The beach bros and their moves.
La gente se ve eufórica y alegres como si hubiesen llegado hace poco a poblar este reino, despierten patriotas saludos Q 🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🥰🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🥰
Some pretty cool footage, on the whole. Luna Park must have been downright awesome with all of its lights and Steeplechase looked like it was tons of fun. The Fire and Flames show, however, was pure insanity! I just hope nobody got seriously injured or killed while performing it. Recreated disasters were actually a pretty popular form of entertainment at Coney Island for the first couple decades of the 20th century, until movies gained popularity among the American public. I guess people just had some very strange ideas about entertainment back then!
😂Al capone worked there in 1900s too
Can anyone help me with a strange question.? It might require someone with an extensive knowledge of not only Coney Island, but Dreamland Park and the FDNY. My question is this, approximately where using today's locations as the exist today roughly where was Dreamland located and more specifically where was the Fire and Flame attraction located within the park? Thank you for any help.
Might be worth reaching out to the Coney Island History Project with your question. Seems like if anyone knows the answer it would be them. (www.coneyislandhistory.org/)
Hey there. Don't know if you found your answer already. I think Dreamland would have been located around where the Coney Island Aquarium is now. The big parking lot that's there, the aquarium and onwards would have been where Dreamland was. If you traveled there, you noticed how unusually big the parking lot is. My brother always told me he felt weird energies just walking through the parking lot like something used to be there. If you ever get the chance, walk through the parking lot bear the aquarium, that big lot was where Dreamland was. You'll feel a weird ambiance there.
Also, you should do more research. The fires destroyed what Coney Island used to be. The theme parks used to expand a lot farther from all sides. You can feel the ambiance.
@@colormegeeky The existing Coney is a small fraction of the original.
@@heru-deshet359 Your right, but you can still feel Coney Island's reach. Though smaller now, it's energy is still massive. The Coney Island spirit is still alive.
I can't believe in this video they say Steeplechase Park still exists when its been closed for decades.
This newsreel was made in the 1940s.
Wow now its the ghetto 🙁
So THAT'S what a cakewalk was!
Before tv lawyers
This video has no sound?
Sound wasn't developed until 1929.
They all go in the water with their clothes on.no bathing suits.
Those were the bathing suits lol
Modesty
Those poor women .... Hot, humid, and those full-dress bathing attire. No wonder they stayed in the water..... Uggh