CONEY ISLAND- WHEN THE CENTURY WAS YOUNG; Biograph and Edison shorts, 1897-1905
The birth of Coney Island’s amusement park industry happened to coincide with that of the motion picture. Both gaining traction in about 1895 in New York City, motion picture studios like Edison and Biograph saw Coney Island and its somewhat seedy amusement parks as just the thing mutoscope parlors and early nickelodeons wanted footage of. Enjoy these snapshots from the turn of the last century with my accompaniment!
A wonderfully detailed history of Coney island and its various amusement parks can be found here: • Defunctland: The History of Coney Island
Scanned from my Blackhawk standard 8mm film print on a Wolverine Reels2Digital super and standard 8 film scanner.