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A version is used in the logo of Coney Island USA, and for a time another, more clown-like, version was used by Coney Island Brewing Co. It is used in parts of the modern Luna Park, particularly in its "Scream Zone". As of 2019, the Steeplechase Face continues to appear as sticker art in Coney Island. [15]
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Steeplechase Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1897 to 1964.Steeplechase Park was created by the entrepreneur George C. Tilyou as the first of the three large amusement parks built on Coney Island, the other two being Luna Park (1903) and Dreamland (1904).
Tillie is an amusement park "fun face", painted during the winter of 1955–1956. The name Tillie is likely a nod to George C. Tilyou, owner of Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York, which featured the Steeplechase Face, similar grinning face signage. [citation needed]
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The collection holds many artifacts of Coney Island, including an authentic Steeplechase horse, part of Steeplechase Park. [5] In 2014, the history project presented an exhibition on the history of the Steeplechase Face. [13] In 2018, the Coney Island History Project presented an exhibition examining the history of Coney Island Creek.
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Between about 1880 and World War II, Coney Island was the largest amusement area in the United States, attracting several million visitors per year. [2] Sea Lion Park opened in 1895 and was Coney Island's first amusement area to charge entry fees; [3] [4] this in turn spurred the construction of George C. Tilyou's Steeplechase Park in 1897, the neighborhood's first major amusement park.