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138, "Circus Ring for Free Show," Luna Amusement Park, plan and section, 1913 Box 27, Folder 2

138, "Circus Ring for Free Show," Luna Amusement Park, plan and section, 1913

(P.F. Meyer, architect. Ink and pencil on paper, 13.5" x 28 ½" Minor foxing, tape along edges on reverse; unsleeved)

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  2. Frederick Fried Coney Island collection, 1847-2001
  3. Series II: Architectural and Design Drawings, 1847-1974, undated
  4. Subseries II.1 Flat drawings, 1847-1927, undated
  5. Carousels

Plan, elevation, and wall section of amusement park showing houses, roller coaster, bath houses, steam room, ocean tank, and beach, undated Box 17, Folder 1

Plan, elevation, and wall section of amusement park showing houses, roller coaster, bath houses

William F. Mangels Graphite on paper, 69" x 36" [Minor tears along right edge and slightly ragged top and bottom edges]

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  2. Frederick Fried Coney Island collection, 1847-2001
  3. Series II: Architectural and Design Drawings, 1847-1974, undated
  4. Subseries II.2 Rolled drawings, 1910-1935, undated
  5. Architectural Drawings, 1913 undated

Plan, elevation, and wall section of amusement park showing houses (sections A to C), roller coaster, bath houses, steam room, pavilion, ocean tank, and beach, undated Box 17, Folder 1

Plan, elevation, and wall section of amusement park showing houses (sections A to C), roller

Graphite on paper, 55" x 36"

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  2. Frederick Fried Coney Island collection, 1847-2001
  3. Series II: Architectural and Design Drawings, 1847-1974, undated
  4. Subseries II.2 Rolled drawings, 1910-1935, undated
  5. Architectural Drawings, 1913 undated

William F. Mangels' season passes for Schenck Brothers Palisades Amusement Park (Fort Lee, New Jersey), 1912 1917 1919-1924 1931 1938, 1912, 1917, 1919-1924, 1931, 1938 Box 13, Folder 1

William F. Mangels' season passes for Schenck Brothers Palisades Amusement Park (Fort Lee, New
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  2. Frederick Fried Coney Island collection, 1847-2001
  3. Series III: Personal Papers and Ephemera, 1870-2000, undated
  4. Subseries III.1: Coney Island History Papers, 1870-2000, undated
  5. Ephemera, 1881-1964 undated, 1881-1964, undated
  6. Tickets and passes, 1893-1964 undated, 1893-1964, undated

Frederick Fried Coney Island collection, 1847-2001 32.62 linear feet

Amusement parks
historic amusement parks at Coney Island. Regretfully, many of these larger, three-dimensional artifacts
Association, the New England Association of Amusement Parks, and the National Association of Amusement Parks
Fried, Frederick
The collection consists of materials used by Frederick Fried in his research and writing about folk art and material culture, especially related to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. A significant portion of the collection consists of the personal archive of William F. Mangels, which was purchased by Fried in 1955. Mangels was a designer and manufacturer of amusement rides and founder of the American Museum of Public Recreation at Coney Island. Subjects include amusement parks, amusement rides, architecture, bathing pavilions, beaches, beauty contests, carousels, carousel animals, Brooklyn, coin-operated machines, Coney Island, exhibitions, games of chance and skill, hotels, mechanical rides, mechanization, parades, pleasure railways, recreation, roller coasters, sideshows, transportation, and other subjects related to American material culture and popular amusement.
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