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The Steeplechase Face was the mascot of the historic Steeplechase Park, the first [1] of three amusement parks in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. [2] It remains a nostalgic symbol of Coney Island and of amusement areas influenced by it. [ 3 ]
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.
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).
Steeplechase Park's icon was a "Funny Face" mascot, depicting a smiling man with several dozen teeth; it was nicknamed "the Tilly" after Tilyou's surname. The mascot, which became a symbol of Coney Island, represented the area's wholesomeness and neoclassical architecture combined with its veneer of hidden sexuality.
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A cameraman, apparently unaware there was a race going on, wandered onto the track in the middle of the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships.
"Funny Face", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers featured as a b-side on the "Snow (Hey Oh)" single "Funny Face", a song by Dave Davies from " Susannah's Still Alive " Other
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