TheCrypt Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160197/If-today-s-rollercoasters-leave-feeling-queasy-look-away-1900-s-thrill-seekers-risked-life-limb-rickety-rides.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 OK - They could do an "iron-whatever" treatment to SOB and then borrow that sign that says "remodeled, not as rough as last year" to put at the queue entrance. And I have to wonder.....if that one ride were to be made in Paris, would it then be called a "French Tickler"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74Gibson Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Looking at the style of dress I assume we're much safer from heat exhaustion too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Remember, there were no anti-perspirants and few wore deodorant before World War II. And smoking (and chewing) tobacco was far more common. Great article! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Love those pictures. Pretty sure I saw Terpy in one of them. Heyoooooooo! :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 I wish. Then again, had I been alive, I'd probably not been able to afford admission. And if my physical life were the same then, I'd probably have died at 28. What is, is. Still, it's fun to think what might have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joncars05 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 My favorite photo is of the "Loop the Loop" ride. The sign on the fence by the ride says "Beware of Pickpockets" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieseltech20 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Nice article, thanks for sharing. Pics of the defunct Louisville parks are hard to find...except of course for KK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbt Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 This got me curious enough to look up more on the Louisville park. Found a few more pictures here: http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/search/searchterm/%20White%20City%20%28Louisville,%20Ky.%29/mode/exact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 So the mention that the architecture of one of those pictures was 'borrowed' from the Columbian Expidetion got me thinking of "the Devil and the White City" which lead me to go looking for pictures which turned up this picture of the 1st ferris wheel: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/photo/chi-080926-white-city-photogallery,0,3750864.photogallery?index=chi-white_city_004t20080925210941 The book in and of itself is pretty interesting, but if you want to know a little history behind the ferris wheel and how the desier to top the Eiffel Tower unvieled at the previous World's Fair led to its development there are several good pages in that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbt Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Forty people per car? Impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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