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Steeplechase Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1897 to 1964.Steeplechase Park was created by the entrepreneur George C. Tilyou as the first of the three large amusement parks built on Coney Island, the other two being Luna Park (1903) and Dreamland (1904).
The Steeplechase Face was the mascot of the historic Steeplechase Park, the first [1] of three amusement parks in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. [2] It remains a nostalgic symbol of Coney Island and of amusement areas influenced by it. [ 3 ]
Title: Steeplechase Park at night, Coney Island, N. Y. Created/Published: Acacia Card Company, 258 Broadway, New York 7, N.Y. Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Genre: Postcards Subjects: Amusement parks; Amusement rides Notes: Title from item.
Tillie is an amusement park "fun face", painted during the winter of 1955–1956. The name Tillie is likely a nod to George C. Tilyou, owner of Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York, which featured the Steeplechase Face, similar grinning face signage. [citation needed]
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English: Eugene Wemlinger. Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, 1910. Cellulose nitrate negative, 3 1/2 x 6 in. (8.9 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, 1996.164.10-1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.164.10-1_IMLS_SL2.jpg)
The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride and a landmark in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, along the Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island.Situated in Steeplechase Plaza near the B&B Carousell, the structure consists of a 250-foot-tall (76 m), 170-short-ton (150 t) open-frame, steel parachute tower.
The collection holds many artifacts of Coney Island, including an authentic Steeplechase horse, part of Steeplechase Park. [5] In 2014, the history project presented an exhibition on the history of the Steeplechase Face. [13] In 2018, the Coney Island History Project presented an exhibition examining the history of Coney Island Creek.