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A bathing beauty contest held at Steeplechase Amusement Park in Coney Island in New York

A bathing beauty contest held at Steeplechase Amusement Park (1739 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States) in Coney Island in New York. Contestants dressed in swimsuits walk near the swimming pool for the contest. The trophies seen at a table. The contestants in the swimming pool. Levenoria Sabalis, the winner of the contest with trophy.

Date: 1933, August 9
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041259
Grayce Reilly poses after winning the "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York.

Contestants in swim wears walk on ramp during "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York. Breasts of contestants are measured by judging men using tape measure. (A short clown tries to reach up and measure one tall contestant.) Bust sizes of several women being measured with tape measure. Winner Grayce Reilly poses after winning the contest. Winner's crown placed on her head.

Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055163
A beauty contest for grandmothers in Coney Island, New York.

Elderly women participate in a beauty contest for grandmothers at Steeplechase Park (1739 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States) in Coney Island, New York. Old women in black Maillot-style swimsuits parade by the pool side. A midget clown interrupts the swimsuit portion of the pageant by dancing with a grandmother contestant. Mrs. Matilda Gebhard presented the winner's trophy. Mrs. Gebhard smiles as she holds her trophy and other grandmothers cheer for her.

Date: 1938, July 13
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049428
People ride the Water chute on Coney Island, New York

People riding on the famous water chute ride at Paul Boyton's Water World,Bergen Beach, Coney Island, New York. Flags fly over the structure. Large vehicles carry passengers up to to the launching point, where they board small boats and ride down on a flume of water. Photographed by Edison Company photographers using a portable camera.

Date: 1896, June
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071511
Buildings, traffic, automobiles and pedestrians on a wide street in Coney Island, New York.

Traffic in Coney Island, New York. Views of a wide street showing large buildings, traffic, automobiles and pedestrians. Lamp posts along the street. People walking down a store-lined and concession-lined street. Brief view of the Whip and the Top boardwalk amusement park rides operating and spinning.

Date: 1918
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071845
Rotating "Top" ride with cars moving along outside its track and people enjoying the ride in Coney Island, New York.

Entertainment in Coney Island, New York. Amusment park ride "The Top" is seen in operation: A large round tilting and revolving structure with cars moving along its outside track. Wide and close-up views of the ride. An elephant moving in the foreground. People enter the cars. The ride in operation.

Date: 1918
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071846