Charles Feltman

"[3] Henry Collins Brown, a New York historian, explained its attraction: "It could be carried on the march, eaten on the sands between baths, consumed on a carousel, used as a baby's nipple to quiet an obstreperous infant, and had other economic appeals to the summer pleasure seeker".

Handwerker undersold Feltman, offering hot dogs for five cents instead of ten, at a more downscale operation than Feltman's, but eventually Nathan's became the most successful and iconic Coney Island hot dog purveyor and a nationwide brand which thrived into the 21st century.

[7] Feltman died in 1910 (he is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York)[8][9] after which his family ran the business.

[1] Charles' Feltman's grandson Charles A. Feltman invented the Shooting Star Tommy Gun,[12] a pneumatic BB machine gun used in fair and amusement park stalls for many decades and continuing well into the 21st century (the device is used by players to shoot out all traces of a red star on a paper target).

Shooting Star Games was founded by Charles A. Feltman and continues to manufacture the device in the 21st century.