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Crowd on the Bowery, Coney Island, New York, circa 1905

Subjects
Amusement ParksCrowds & GatheringsStreet Scenes
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Crowd on the Bowery, Coney Island, New York, circa 1905, c. 1907 printed photo postcard
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Back of Crowd on the Bowery, Coney Island, New York, circa 1905, c. 1907 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

A dense throng of excursionists, most in straw boaters and summer suits, fills the Bowery at Coney Island, the wide promenade that served as the main artery of the resort's amusement district. Signs for "Lubin's" and "Griffins" and a bathing advertisement rise above the crowd. By the early 1900s Coney Island's Bowery was lined with hotels, bathhouses, saloons and concession stands and drew enormous weekend crowds arriving by steamer, trolley and subway. A small printed vignette at upper left shows a comic figure with an American flag above the words "Greetings from Picturesque America."

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

New York City W. 48th Sept 13/03 with [illegible] love C. S.

PublisherArthur Livingston
GREETINGS FROM PICTURESQUE AMERICA SCENE ON THE BOWERY CONEY ISLAND, N.Y. Arthur Livingston, Publisher, New York. 591 --- Post Card THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS.
PostmarkedAmesbury, MA, September 5, 1903, 08:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Mason

Amesbury, Mass.

Postcard record

Postmarked, Amesbury, MA
PublisherArthur Livingston
Series591
ConditionFair
Place depictedConey Island, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesLarge tear with paper missing at upper center; handwritten message in blue ink across the top; small printed vignette at upper left; white margin at bottom carrying the caption and publisher line. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS SEP 5 1903 8:30 AM. Undivided back; white border; matte halftone; light staining.

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Crowd on the Bowery, Coney Island, New York, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/crowd-on-the-bowery-coney-island-new-york-circa-1905. Accessed October 25, 2026.