REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954)

Marsh had a studio on 14th Street near Union Square from which he could observe the urban hub-bub as it was evolving in 1920s and 1930s New York. Coney Island was in fact a venue only recently available to working-class New Yorkers via the subway connection of Manhattan to Brooklyn in 1915.
The merry-go-round at Coney Island opened in 1906 and still runs today; it was a signature attraction at the Luna Park amusement park.