Book/Printed Material The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44,
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Image 1 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44,- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
- Date: 1878
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Image 2 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44,- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 3 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, ^MERIC^I^ NEWS CO.,.- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
- Date: 1878
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Image 4 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44,- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 5 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, THE HISTORY OF ISL FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVKRY IX 4, I 1,44, DOWN TO LAST NIGHT^ IN RHYME. Adapted for all children under eighty-five, with notes by the Editor, (Promissor}- ones,) and...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
- Date: 1878
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Image 6 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, Entered according lo Act of Congrpss, in tne year ISTR, hy JIORBISON, BICHAKDSON CO.. iu tho Office of the Librarian of Congress at WaBhiLgt ii, D. C,- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 7 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, Pi Chapter I. g: HERE old Long Island s southern shore Looks out upon the lagin;^ sea, A sister island goes before, And tempts the surf with dainty knee And in the...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
- Date: 1878
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Image 8 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. ET plenty reigns, for her rich coast, Turns up dead loads of clams to roast. Huge cod and sea bass crowd the spot Where steams the chowder in...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 9 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. HE well fed whales go spouting round; And last to crown the list of fishes, Comes whitebait, best of English dishes. No island in the tropic zone, Can...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 10 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. Perhaps the Greeks, perhaps the Scythians, But never mind, it makes no difference Whoever twas, found heaps of rich things, In samphng first her clams and sich things....- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 11 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. H what a lovely spot this is To Norton s, at the western end, Crowds from the steamboat s landing wend; The brave and fair meet side by...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 12 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. THE THREE MEN WHO NEVER SAW CONEY ISLAND. How welcome then the waves caresses, What grateful garments bathing dresses, As on her threshhold, glad to greet us, Old...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 13 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF COAEY ISLAND. Here met the famished men who dub Their band the Impecunious Club, And clams were all tha they were able To put upon thei- meagre table, And yet,...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 14 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, JO /SrOR V OF COXE V ISLAND. Fair Island, in ihy mid-day dress, ords fail lo tell thy loveliness, But when the sun sinks in the west, Tis then you seem the...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 15 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, i^ Owed to Coney Wlkud. Fair Coney, you re a sunny spot Upon old ocean s wrinkled blueness While Rome and Athens arc forgot, You re shining with a perfect newness. How...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 16 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAXD. Yet, but a beacon light it burns, To safely guide the mighty fleet, That hourly, with rich freightage, turns Thy latch-key to the World s retreat. Like Cinderella,...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 17 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, Chapter II. THE OLDEST INHABITANT OF CONEY ISLAND. REATHES there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said— I will some maiden fair implore To go with me...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 18 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, *4 WSTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. HEAVY WEIGHTS ON THE SAND. any point, for all roads tend To Coney Island, off Gravescnd. Should you a stranger be, nor know The easiest route that...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 19 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. ^S TWO HEARTS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT, UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. W poor the grandeur and display, How shrinks the shallow pomp away, The plaster that the old...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 20 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, Jt HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. WHEN SHALL WE THREK TWEET AGAIN Can any sliow a wave so pure, A sand so anchored and secure, A beach that stretches to such lengths? I...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 21 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. n But come with me and we ll survey The various objects on the way. From Norton s, where the steamboats land, We gaze for miles adown a...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 22 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, i8 HIS TOR Y OF CONE V ISLAND. CULVER S TOWER. Before us now a structure stands With iron feet upon the sands, That towers full fifty fathoms high, Up in a...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 23 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLANi:i 19 Here is a vast and bright saloon, Where bier and music flows in tune. Adorned with many a tropic flower Tis the gay kingdom of the genial...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 24 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND, SUSAN S SUNDAY OUT. The hard-shell crab goes sideling by, Wtth murder in his little eye. LL sorts and sizes here you view, Of those you eat and...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 25 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, 1B^mS¥o]^ S^E^SdS. 8 Q o Half way the Island, now our footsteps icach, The New World s Brighton, built on Culver s beach.- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 26 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. HERE stands the Brighton s glittering pile^ A bright spot on this fairy isle. Sweet flowers and faces here abound, Antl makes it seem enchanted ground. Here Brooklyn...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 27 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. ^J They flit around like butterflies, With rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes, With pink legs bared above the knee, Go wading in the shallow sea. They dig the...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 28 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44,- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 29 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, i^;KSS¥ i ^K S^^c^S ARTISTS ON THE BEACH. all conveyances that reach, New Yorkers crowd Manhattan Beach They fill the hot. 1 and display Themselves in an alarming way. Such stacks of...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 30 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, »6 HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. S. lives and thrives prodigiously. In manly garb and female robe, New York, (and that takes in the globe,) Comes to Manhattan once a day. To bathe...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 31 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. 27 THE NEW YORK GIRL. Here come the stately New York dames, •Who boast of Knickerbocker names, The girls from Boston and Chicago, From New Orleans and Colorado...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 32 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, g8 HISTOR V OF CONE Y ISLAND. And those, who anchorites would thaw, Drop in from distant Omaha. THE GIRL FROM BOSTING. How strange it seems to look and think, That on...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 33 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF cONEV ISLAND. 39 Then, where sandpipers fed and rails, Now, fashion drags her silken trails. Here, where the grandsires, daring men, Braved the fierce quohog in his den, Their sons...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 34 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, oO HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. Na] kirs and toothpicks when you dine, Sp:i g leds and sheets when you redine. And to leave nothing more to need, You come or go at...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 35 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTOR Y OF CONE V ISLAND. In olden times this was the cry Of travellers, See Rome and die. Now the advice the wise ones give, Is See Manhattan Beach and live....- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 36 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, THE L(e^ei\d of Coiijey I^lkr^d. Wherein is related a fact of its early history, and which is supposed to be connected with the disappearance in the surf, on July 34th, of an...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 37 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. iS _/7. T \vas told me by an ancient man, Past many years the allotted span Young men may lie, but he was old. And vouched for every...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 38 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, 34 HISTORY OF CONEY ISLAND. lEDERICK Von Smitzerl was his name, S- From msterdam his forebears came, And all there was to mar his life, Were sundry notions of his wife For...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 39 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, HISTORY OF CONEY ISLANL 35 The day was cold, and Smitzerl sighed, Quite loth to leave the chimney side, But good Frau irmitzerl s way was winning, And had been so from...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
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Image 40 of The history of Coney Island from its first discovery in 4, 11, 44, 30 HTSTORY OF COS^EY ISLAND. The maiden s tender- heart was torn. To hear how much poor Dirck had borne. She clasped his hand, Come thou with me, She cried, and you...- Contributor: [Eaton, I. F.]
- Date: 1878