Beach Scene at Coney Island Coney Island became a symbol of commercialized leisure and mechanical excitement at the turn of the century. This fanciful rendering of Coney Island captures men and women frolicking in the waves. Notice the modest woolen bathing outfits. Men box and play ball, a woman flies on a parachute, and a uniformed policeman wades into the fray, while the Ferris wheel dominates onshore.

Library of Congress, var.2117.