Playland - Rockaway Beach

Collection: Postcard Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Date: ca. 1940's; 1940 Material: Paper Dimension: 4.3 x 7 inches; 400 dpi

Identifier: aql:17924 pcc-008790 pcc-008790.tif

Description: Rockaways' Playland - The Million Dollar Amusement Park. Picture of Boardwalk Rides at Rockaway Beach. [La Marcus Thompson, who introduced the first roller coaster at Coney Island, established what would become Playland as the L.A. Thompson Amusement Park in 1901. The park was sold to new owners in 1928, who renamed it Playland. A celebrated amusement park that lasted over 80 years. Famed for its Atom Smasher wooden roller coaster, Playland endured until the early 1980s.]

Title : Playland - Rockaway Beach

Collection : aql:18038

Date : ca. 1940's; 1940

Summary/Description : Rockaways' Playland - The Million Dollar Amusement Park. Picture of Boardwalk Rides at Rockaway Beach. [La Marcus Thompson, who introduced the first roller coaster at Coney Island, established what would become Playland as the L.A. Thompson Amusement Park in 1901. The park was sold to new owners in 1928, who renamed it Playland. A celebrated amusement park that lasted over 80 years. Famed for its Atom Smasher wooden roller coaster, Playland endured until the early 1980s.]

Subject : Amusement parks; Beaches

Relation : Postcard Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY Rockaway Beach (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : postcard; digital image

Format : Paper; 4.3 x 7 inches; 400 dpi

Identifier : aql:17924 pcc-008790 pcc-008790.tif