Imagine this: It’s a cool summer day and you are the first in line with your friends for the Ferris wheel on Coney Island. The operator opens the gate and you hop on a blue passenger car and sit facing the beach. Your pod slowly rises and starts to shake; the higher and higher you get, the more clearly you can see the boats floating on the horizon, and as you sit behind your friends you see a wonderful view of the Verrazano Bridge, then the pod…drops! The wind blows heavy as you swing in the air. You scream, but also laugh it off because you go on the Ferris wheel every time you’re here but you’re never expecting that drop. Wonder Wheel.
My name is Faith and I am a summer intern at Brooklyn Historical Society. I am originally from Essex County, New Jersey. When I started I knew little about Brooklyn besides what I saw on my commute to work. Joseph Konopka’s painting Wonder Wheel in the BHS collection makes me feel like I am looking at a piece of Brooklyn’s culture, and after seeing it I decided I wanted to learn more about the painting, Coney Island, and this ride.
Joseph Konopka
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