Coney Island resident and contributing photographer Bruce Handy/pablo 57 went for a walk on the snowy beach and came back with photos of a coney-eared, that is a rabbit-eared, snowman. It’s very clever since Coney Island was originally named Konijn Eiland, or Rabbit Island, by the Dutch. “It’s a snow mermaid, started out male and [...]
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Photo of the Day: Snow Mermaid on Coney Island Beach
Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged Bruce Handy, Coney Island, Photography, Rabbit Island, Snow mermaid, snowy beach on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Made in Brooklyn: The World’s Only Jet-Powered Merry-Go-Round
Posted in Amusement ride, art, tagged Brooklyn, Hackett, homemade carousel, Jet Ponies, jet-powered ride, Madagascar Institute, Made in Brooklyn, pulse jet engine on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the early 20th century, Brooklyn was home to master carousel builders and carvers Charles Looff on Bedford Avenue, MC Illions and Sons Carousell Works on Ocean Parkway, and Stein & Goldstein and William F Mangels in Coney Island. Alas, the golden age of the carousel ended in the 1920s. It was news to us [...]
Happy Belated Birthday to Coney Island’s William F Mangels
Posted in Amusement Game, Artifacts, tagged Amusement ride, antique shooting gallery, Coney Island, Coney Island Hall of Fame, ride inventor, shooting gallery target, William F Mangels on February 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
William F. Mangels, the Coney Island-based inventor of such early 20th century thrill rides as the Whip and the Tickler, also held the most patents on shooting gallery targets. From the early 1900s until 1969, well after other manufacturers had gone out of business, Mangels’ Coney Island shop turned out cast-iron and sheet-metal targets in [...]
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