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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
Vintage photos of:
"Luna Park at night." Third in a series of Detroit Publishing glass negatives showing the Coney Island attraction at night circa 1905. View full size.
I missed this great photo somehow!
[Click the "Coney Island" tag above the photo and you will find even more! - Dave]
... is a popular expression, in French Québec, meaning a whole lot of fun. Ils ont eu un fun noir -- "they had so much fun." (I know Dave made a wordplay, but still it surprised me to see that expression.)
I was so caught up in the lights and decorations that I didn't even notice the people at first--with the soft blurring they look like lights too.
This picture makes me want to go back and feel what it was like to live back then.
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