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Postcard: [Tootsie Rolls sign] 109 Pike's Peak, Coney Island. Postmarked 1911.
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[Tootsie Rolls]: 109 Pike's Peak, Coney Island. Color printed postcard, divided back, 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" wide; postmarked Brooklyn, N.Y., May 20, 1911.
An interesting item incorporating two icons of American culture, Coney Island and Tootsie Rolls. A [Chocolate] Tootsie Rolls sign (Tootsie Rolls were made later in Hoboken from the 1930s up to 1965) is on the left at "Johnson's Pavillion." View depicts a famous ride at Coney Island and an entrance for "Dreamland " is seen among the many signs.
Publisher: M & Co., N.Y.
2010.007.0104
2010.007
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1911 - 1911
Date(s) Created: 1911 Date(s): 1911-1911
Good
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-08-07