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  • A Postcard History of the Hippodrome

    A Postcard History of the Hippodrome

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    Conceived by the creators of the Luna Park amusement area at Coney Island, and constructed in 1905, the Hippodrome Theatre for a time was the largest and most successful theater in New York.

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Today is New Year’s Eve, it is also the Fifth Sunday of December. At Postcard History you get three articles for the price of one on Fifth Sundays! Ventriloquism, domestic service in the 1930s, and ice palaces are topics worlds-apart, but that is exactly what makes Fifth Sunday special.

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