Coney Island Postcards
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| "Dear Mary, Left Lindenhurst this morning. Am spending the day with a friend at Coney Island. Am going to Vanessa's tomorrow. Passed all but one exam at Paterson so can not have job. Unsigned. Joe sends regards (at top of card)" June 22, 1921 |
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| "Coney Island
fine. We are enjoying ourselves very much. Hope you are
feeling better than when I was up last. Yours Respectfully, Annie and Charlie" June 14, 1914 |
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| "This is the ride
that I collected the most lipstick on --- much steeper than the
one in St. Louis --- but then everything is just a bit bigger or
better in NY than anywhere else!" Unsigned & Undated |
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| "Coney Island. Wed. P.M. This is one of the things that burned - The Fullers" August 22, 1907 Obviously these people never heard of the Globe Tower Scandal. Click here to find out more at Jeffery Stanton's site. |
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| "We took this in
last night. It was grate. You should have seen the
people at Coney Island. They were thick and lots of them
. We took in New York today. I have looked until I see
things all the time." Signature illegible August 9, 1909 |
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"I think I shall hear drums for
a week- Parade is still passing by. 12 hours, 8 still going
strong. Wouldn't have missed this trip for all the Grands- |
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| "5/30/18 Hello Edwin. Just enjoyed a good dance down here. Too bad you are not with us. Regards, Polly" May 31, 1918 |
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| "I wish you were
here. From, M.F." July 1927, Year Unknown |
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