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"To this pier came the steamboats from New York. This was Coney Island Point in 1874: ramshackle portal to a scapegrace playground." At one time a member of the Stillwell family was owner of Coney Island, before it was developed into the modern entertainment center. (Photo from the Francis K. Moore Collection, as reproduced in McCullough, "Good Old Coney Island," 1957, page 31.)
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