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(animated stereo) Triptych: Shooting the Chutes at Coney Island, NY (1904, 1 of 3)


Image by Thiophene_Guy
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The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. The 1903 William H. Rau stereograph is titled "Shooting the Chutes", Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y.

Dreamland was an amusement park at Coney Island from 1904-1911, when it was destroyed by fire and not rebuilt. Luna Park, the adjacent park where this water slide was located, operated from 1903-1944 when it was destroyed by fire and not rebuilt.

Copyright Advisory
The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation. The original image has no known restrictions on use. Library of Congress web address for this image: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005677793 .

Technical details
The digital image was rotated until level (arbitrary) and the borders were cropped. Subsequent image rotation, resizing, alignment, and animated gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes. Some distortion remains that could not be corrected.

Enchanted Village


Image by Chris Devers
Pasting from Wikipedia: Jordan Marsh, Enchanted Village:

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From the 1940s until 1972—and again in the early 1990s—the Jordan Marsh flagship store in Boston's Downtown Crossing was home to the Enchanted Village, a lavish Christmas display which at its height took over an entire floor of the department store and was also spotlighted in its display windows. From what started as a marketing gimmick, the Enchanted Village quickly became a legendary Boston tradition and an annual mainstay of the city's holiday season. Macy's discontinued the Enchanted Village in 1998 when it was moved to City Hall Plaza. [6] More recently it has been housed in the Hynes Convention Center.
On June 16, 2009, the Enchanted Village, including all props and figures was sold at auction, as the City of Boston could no longer afford to be a major sponsor of the annual event. [7] It was sold to Jordan’s Furniture (no connection to Jordan Marsh), and will be on display for 3 months a year at the Avon, MA location.
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* WBZ-TV piece about Jordan’s Furniture winning the auction to buy the Enchanted Village from the city of Boston

Pasting from Jordan’s marketing page on Enchanted Village:

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The Enchanted Village
Returns to Greater Boston

JORDAN'S FURNITURE IS PROUD to host a true
New England tradition.

Once, called the Enchanted Village of St. Nicholas, the holiday display was originally created in 1958. At that time, Jordan Marsh Company commissioned a Bavarian toy maker to create 28 fully decorated holiday scenes with 250 “magically” animated figures.

The Spirit of Boston’s Holidays
Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, Jordan Marsh displayed the Enchanted Village in its Downtown Crossing store. The heart-warming display quickly became an integral part of New England’s seasonal celebrations. Until 1972, when Jordan Marsh closed the display, a trip to The Village was a traditional event.

A Tradition in Jeopardy
The Enchanted Village remained closed from 1972 until its rebirth in 1990. Then, in 1998, when Macy’s purchased Jordan Marsh, the Village was sold to the City of Boston for a City Hall Plaza display. In 2003, a lack of funding forced the Village to move to the Hynes Convention Center. By 2006, Boston stopped displaying The Village altogether. In 2009, the Village was put up for auction.

A Local Custom Continues
Jordan’s Furniture purchased the surviving pieces of the Enchanted Village at auction in May of 2009 and restored the vintage collection to its former glory. The surviving collection includes 59 mechanical figurines and 18 vignettes. The Village is on permanent display in Avon, and is open for all to enjoy during the holiday season.

The Enchanted Village is FREE for all ages!

Visit the HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE at the Avon store during normal store hours:

Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

PLUS! Santa Claus will visit the Enchanted Village each day. He will be available for Christmas requests and photos during the following hours:

Monday–Friday, Noon to 8 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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