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Hot dog! 100 years of Nathan's Famous at Coney Island – in pictures

The Coney Island institution is 100 years old. Founded in 1916 by Nathan Handwerker, it has been serving hot dogs to crowds on the boardwalk ever since

Thu 17 Mar 2016 18.41 GMT Last modified on Thu 2 Aug 2018 19.35 BST

  • Nathan’s at Coney Island was opened by Nathan Handwerker in 1916, selling hot dogs for a dime

  • Crowds queue on the boardwalk in 1930

  • An undated shot of founder Nathan Handwerker at the cash register

  • A hungry crowd waits for hot dogs cooking on the grill in 1947

  • Nathan’s second location opened on Long Island in 1955

  • Celebrities were also partial to a Nathan’s hot dog – Jerry Lewis eats one backstage at the Tilyou Theater in Coney Island in 1961

  • The first recorded hot dog eating contest in 1972, won by Jason Schechter, who ate 14

  • Employees of Nathan’s Famous line up to pay their respects as the hearse bearing the body of Nathan Handwerker passes by in 1974

  • At the hot dog eating contest in 2001, Takeru Kobayashi set a world record with 50 dogs. He went on to win the next six contests

  • The facade of Nathan’s glows against a cloudy sky as Hurricane Sandy approached and Coney Island was subject to a mandatory evacuation order in 2012

  • Nathan’s was the subject of Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut in 2009. In These Vagabond Shoes starring Kevin Bacon, a man travels across New York City to get a Nathan’s Famous hot dog

  • People wait expectantly in 2014 for the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, which thousands of spectators turn out for each year

  • The crowds enjoy Nathan’s fare on the boardwalk on Memorial Day weekend in 2015
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