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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'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.
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).
Illustration of Steeplechase Park, with the Pavilion of Fun's "Funny Face" mascot in the middle of its facade On July 1, 1965, Trump purchased Coney Island's recently closed Steeplechase Park for $2.3 million, intending to build luxury apartments.
File:Amor Ben Yahia runs 3,000-meter steeplechase at Rio Olympic Games photos by Tim Hipps, U.S. Army IMCOM Public Affairs (28974477421) (cropped).jpg
Description: Sgt. Hillary Bor, a Soldier in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., runs to an eighth-place finish in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 8 minutes, 22.74 seconds on Aug. 17 at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey is an 1866 oil-on-canvas painting by Edgar Degas. Degas reworked the painting on multiple occasions, once in 1880-81, and again in 1897. The painting, now on display in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., was exhibited at the 1866 Salon in Paris. Degas painted the work on a large canvas.