Days Gone By

May 12 2012
6:50 am

An aeriel view of Disneyland. Anaheim, California, 1956.

Source: USC Regional Historical Photo Collection

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1950s #anaheim #california #southern california #orange county #disneyland #walt disney #aerial view #vintage #amusement park

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Apr 13 2012
11:26 am

Samuel Gottscho, World’s Fair. Life Savers parachute tower, New York City, 1939.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 month ago
#1930s #new york #new york city #NYC #USA #world's fair #world expo #samuel gottscho #parachute tower #amusement park #amusement ride #vintage

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Mar 29 2012
10:22 am

Martha Holmes, 3 year old Donny Hart, lost at Palisades Amusement Park, resisting help from a policeman, Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA, August 1948.

Posted 1 month ago
#1940s #USA #amusement park #child #lost #new jersey #policeman #vintage

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Mar 29 2012
5:39 am

William Vandivert, The exterior of Luna Park at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, July 1942.

Posted 1 month ago
#1940s #brooklyn #new york #USA #william vandivert #coney island #luna park #vintage #amusement park

25 notes

Mar 26 2012
5:25 pm

Hans Wild, Young families at an amusement park, Washington, DC, USA, September 1945.

Posted 2 months ago
#1940s #washington #washington dc #USA #hans wild #amusement park #amusement ride #children #vintage

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Mar 19 2012
4:43 am

Jack Delano, On the Ferris wheel at the Vermont state fair, Rutland. Young people enjoying a ride on the Ferris wheel, September 1941.

Source: Farm Security Administration—Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Posted 2 months ago
#1940s #vermont #new england #USA #vintage #ferris wheel #jack delano #amusement park

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Feb 27 2012
11:04 pm

Aerial view of the parachute jump ride, beach and boardwalk at Coney Island. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. Brooklyn, New York, 1951.

Posted 2 months ago
#1950s #brooklyn #new york #NYC #USA #coney island #beach #amusement park #amusement ride #margaret bourke-white #vintage

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Feb 24 2012
3:18 am

Photograph by Paul Schutzer. East Berlin, Germany, 1961.

Posted 3 months ago
#1960s #berlin #germany #vintage #swing #amusement park #children #paul schutzer

36 notes

Feb 19 2012
11:18 am

A woman feeding an elephant outside Dreamland at Coney Island. Photograph by Wallace G. Levison. Brooklyn, New York, September 1904.

Posted 3 months ago
#1900s #brooklyn #new york #new york city #NYC #USA #elephant #vintage #baby elephant #coney island #amusement park #wallace levison

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Feb 17 2012
1:46 am

Mark Kauffman, Children on a ride at an amusement park, United Kingdom, June 1948.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #UK #great britain #mark kauffman #amusement park #amusement ride #children #vintage

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