Mabel Normand, Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle & Buster Keaton amuse us in an amusement park, as seen in the 1917 silent film Coney Island

yesterday was supposedly the birthday of America’s very first rollercoaster, Coney’s Switchback Railway, although wikipedia has the opening date set a week later.  who cares?!  Coney & coasters rule!

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