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Coney Island Globe Tower

Collection: Postcard Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: 1906 Material: colored ink on paper Dimension: 5.5 x 3.5; 600 ppi
Creator: unknown Identifier: aql:34154 pcc-003261 pcc-003261.tif

Description: Souvenir postcard showing the proposed Steel Globe Tower at Coney Island. The proposed 700 foot tall steel sphere was to contain restaurants, theaters, telegraph and weather stations, casinos, a bowling alley and the world's largest ballroom. The structure was never built.; Handwritten on bottom of postcard: I have not seen a part of this - But it is to be ready 1907. We shall see Neeta

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : unknown

Date : 1906

Summary/Description : Souvenir postcard showing the proposed Steel Globe Tower at Coney Island. The proposed 700 foot tall steel sphere was to contain restaurants, theaters, telegraph and weather stations, casinos, a bowling alley and the world's largest ballroom. The structure was never built.; Handwritten on bottom of postcard: I have not seen a part of this - But it is to be ready 1907. We shall see Neeta

Subject : Towers; Amusements

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Coverage : Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Color postcard

Format : colored ink on paper; 5.5 x 3.5; 600 ppi

Identifier : aql:34154 pcc-003261 pcc-003261.tif

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Towers; Amusements
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