Swimming Pool, Parachute Jump, and Ferris Wheel in Steeplechase Park, Surf Avenue, Coney Island, NY. Based on the cars in the photo, I'd say this picture was taken sometime in the 1940s or 1950s. Sadly, these attractions have long been removed from the Coney Island skyline. In fact, Steeplechase Park is now the home of the Brooklyn Cyclone minor-league baseball stadium.
Beautiful photography of amusement parks that for one reason or another have called it quits. Whether by economic problems (Detroit), disaster (Chernobyl) or just a weird non-commercial concept (Gu…
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What were your favorite memories of this place?
Take a look back at these epic vintage coaster photos, featuring turn of the century models, Grace Kelly at Coney Island, and more.
View on Google Maps Joyland was once the largest amusement park in Wichita, Kansas but today it remains abandoned and vandalized. It o...
As you can see from these Vintage Coney Island photos & postcards, This beach area just outside New York City was one of the most popular resorts in the US.
Before Stanley Kubrick directed arguably some of the best movies ever made like '2001: Space Odyssey' or 'The Shining,' he was a simple teenager in New York looking for a job. But even then, when the 17-year-old got his hands on a photo camera, he couldn't hide the talent within.
Pretty scary eh kids? Even in the daytime.
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Even though I’m originally from Vancouver, with every new year Toronto feels more and more like home, and there are a handful of new traditions here that I’ve adapted as my own. From Nu…
mujermutante: Boardwalk amusement park in Santa Cruz, California, 1968
Take a look back at these epic vintage coaster photos, featuring turn of the century models, Grace Kelly at Coney Island, and more.
Today I have another post featuring the vintage postcards from GDB reader & contributor Ken Martinez! See his other posts from this series ...
Extra für Euch hab ich mich nochmal geopfert und bin mit dem Ritter heut nochmal über die Kirmes geschlendert und hab Bilder gemacht. Habe m...
This is a 10" x 15" giclée canvas print stretched on a 5/8" wooden stretcher bar and finished with a clear satin polyacrylic varnish to prevent surface scuffing. It is a reproduction of a vintage postcard from my personal collection. For examples of completed canvases, see the additional photo. FOR MULTIPLE ORDERS PLEASE USE BULK DISCOUNT LISTINGS. http://www.etsy.com/shop/cheeseboyproducts?section_id=13221865 Watermark on web image only. Canvases are custom made to order, so please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery. I’m always adding to my collection, so please check the Cheeseboy Products page often for additional new items for sale.
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Just to keep you up to date with my latest projects and illustration work.
