Photographs from the Frederick Fried Coney Island collection

401. Roller Coaster: LaMarcus A. Thompson (standing) and crew testing the Giant Roller Coaster, Coney Island, April 11, 1915

Nesensohn, Charles, approximately 1867 or 1868-1923

Name: Nesensohn, Charles, approximately 1867 or 1868-1923 (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 5
Date: April 11, 1915

402. Roller Coaster: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, L. A. Thompson's Old Mill Scenic Railway with electric illumination

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 7
Date: Between circa 1894 and 2001

403. Roller Coaster: Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Roller Coaster

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 7
Date: Between 1904 and 2001

404. Roller Coaster: The Cyclone, Coney Island, June 1939 (independent)

Jeanson, Charles A., III.

Name: Jeanson, Charles A., III. (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 8
Date: June 1939

405. Roller Coaster: The Oriental, L. A. Thompson Scenic Railway, Coney Island, before 1916 (from 1901-1920s)

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 11, Folder no. 4
Date: Between 1901 and 1916

406. Roller Coasters: Drop the Dip (created by Christopher Feucht in 1907) entrance on the Bowery, Coney Island (1906-1925)

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 8
Date: circa 1907-1925

407. Roller Coasters: Night View 'Rough Riders' Ride, Coney Island, NY showing 1000 watt Edison Mazda Lamps in Outdoor Diffusing Fixtures (1906-?; Coney Island's worst accident on this coaster in 1910. 4 were killed; 2 killed in 1915)

General Electric Company. Publication Bureau

Name: General Electric Company. Publication Bureau (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 8
Date: Between 1906 and 2001

408. Sea Lion Park: Capt. Paul Boyton, Founder of Sea Lion Park in 1895, aboard his boat with his patented diving suit

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 8
Date: 1895

409. Sea Lion Park: Capt. Paul Boyton, Founder of Sea Lion Park in 1895, Fishing in his patented diving suit

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 8
Date: 1895

410. Sea-Lion Park Coney Island, 1889

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 8, Folder no. 4
Date: 1889

411. Sheepshead Bay

Tanare, Ernest

Name: Tanare, Ernest (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 7, Folder no. 3
Date: Between circa 1894 and 2001

412. Steeplechase Entrance

Peck, James O.

Name: Peck, James O. (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 9
Date: Between 1897 and 1964

413. Steeplechase Park

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 10
Date: Between 1897 and 1964

414. Steeplechase Park

Tilyou, George C., 1862-1914

Name: Tilyou, George C., 1862-1914 (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 9
Date: Between 1897 and 1964

415. Steeplechase Park (?)

Coney Island Times (Firm)

Name: Coney Island Times (Firm) (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 9
Date: Between 1897 and 1964

416. Steeplechase Park: Air Ships at Steeplechase Park, 1920s/30s

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 10, Folder no. 2
Date: circa 1920s/1930s

417. Steeplechase Park and Observation Tower, 1902

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 9, Folder no. 10
Date: 1902

418. Steeplechase Park: Band standing at Entrance to Steeplechase Park with carved wood clown heads (owned by Frederick Fried until 1992 barn fire in Lincoln, VT), Coney Island

Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 10, Folder no. 2
Date: circa 1970s

419. Steeplechase Park: Barrel of Love, 1890s(?)

Steeplechase Amusement Co., Inc.

Name: Steeplechase Amusement Co., Inc. (Photographer)
Collection Name: Frederick Fried Coney Island collection. Series I: Photographs, 1894-2001 undated. Subseries I.1: Photographic Prints, 1894-2001, undated. Box no. 10, Folder no. 3
Date: circa 1890s

420. Steeplechase Park: Barrel of Love and Steeplechase Park 1890s(?)