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Fire at Coney Island, 1911 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• jlminor said:

  Dreamland operated only from 1904 to 1911 when it burned down. history.amusement-parks.com/dreamlandfire.htm

• Wystan said:

  Date on Bain's negative is May 27, 1911.

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks Wystan. We will update the information.

• productive side said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called sad world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• productive side said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called soulful group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

"Dreamland" burned, Coney Island, 5/27/11 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Vidiot said:

  I'm not sure why the "Hell's Gate" tag has been added.

• sheepbait said:

  In "additional information", it says that this photo was taken in 1910, when it clearly says on the photograph that it was taken on 5/27/1911

• sheepbait said:

  "Hell's Gate" was an attraction at "Dreamland".

• Kevin Meredith said:

  sad day!

• calliopejen said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamland_(amusement_park)

Remains balloon swing, Coney Island Fire, 1911 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 1987porsche944 said:

  Good night, Dreamland. =(

• Julie Lyn said:

  What a mess. Hope no one was hurt.