Entertainment and amusement park rides in Coney Island, New York. Airplane ride featuring cars swinging from long cables. The cars (or planes) being swung around corners. "The Whip" ride in operation. People enjoy riding.
A street in Coney Island, New York City. People in the streets in the United States. A man rides a bicycle along a street. A banner suspended across the road reads: 'Lunch Room'. People on cycles, horse drawn surrey, and other modes of transport on the street. Many pedestrians stroll along the sidewalk, past large restaurant building.
Steeplechase Park stages its annual bathing Beauty contest for grandmothers at Coney Island in New York. Grandmothers in swimsuits participate in the contests. Judges mark the contestants. Mrs. Theresa Caffrey, aged 81, wins the contest.
Family group at beach in Coney Island. Ladies well dressed in fashions of the day, sit on edge of boardwalk protected by beach umbrella and parasols. A very young child also fashionably dressed stands near them under the umbrella. A young man in suit and tie, wearing a straw hat, chats with one of the women. On the sand, several older children in swimming attire, of the period, play with one another. Surf can be seen in the background. (Edison Company, 1898)
Aerial view of the beach at Coney Island in New York City, United States. Children play in the sand on the beach. People walk on the beach. Amusement rides in the background. People sit on benches.
Athletes participate in a "Turkey Day" annual ten mile race walking competition to Coney Island in New York, coinciding with the Thanksgiving holiday in America. Forty six participating athletes start the speed walking race from amidst a crowd of spectators. The participants walk on roads and then cross the Washington Bridge. A participant slows down during the race. Winner of the race smiles after his victory.
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