Sunday, November 08, 2009

From Paul Gutheil


IMG_2414, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.


Buckles:

Just saw great pic of Ferris Wheel from 1893. Attached is photo I took Circa 1983 of Wonder Wheel at Coney
Island. Built, I believe, in 1918 and in continuous operation since 1920....without a single accident. I took photo from
a rolling boat about a 1/4 to 1/2 mile off shore. I used a 500mm lens.

Best, Paul

PS All the buildings in background are now gone.

Posted by Buckles at 11/08/2009 05:39:00 AM

2 comments:

B.E.Trumble said...

Wonderful picture, Paul. About then I was working at the zoo in the Bronx and my then girlfriend Sharon and I spent as much time as we could on Coney Island...."Before it disappeared." Just recently, moving back to New York State after a couple decades on the west coast I've thought a lot about what I can still show my kid that once seemed important to me and isn't gone It's nice that a few pieces of Coney Island are still there.

Ben Trumble

08 November, 2009 07:55
Anonymous said...

I have been told by several people that the scariest thing they've ever ridden is a movable car on the Wonder Wheel. They roll and swing swing along the kidney-shaped tracks as the wheel revolves. The Wonder Wheel continues to operate amidst the chaos and uncertainty of the Coney Island of today.

08 November, 2009 08:01

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