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1. Five Cents to Dreamland: A trip to Coney Island New York Transit Museum.

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Woolley, Jonathan

Subjects
*RAILROADS, *AMUSEMENT parks, *AMUSEMENT park design & construction, *HISTORY of railroads, *SUBWAYS, *SEASIDE resorts, *HISTORY
Abstract

Railroads played a key role in developing resorts during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, few North American transportation museums emphasize this. This exhibition chronicles how rail links led to the development of amusement parks at an urban beach resort in New York. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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