Early San Diego Amusement Parks

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• Early San Diego carousel

 

Coronado’s Tent City, about 1915

• multi-wheel ride
• burros for hire

 

Wonderland – Ocean Beach Amusement Park

• Abbott Street park entrance
• roller coaster & waterslide
• mother & two children, Monkeyland sign

 

The Isthmus, Panama-California Exposition, Balboa Park 1915-1916

• Ferris Wheel, Thompson’s roller coaster in background
• Thompson’s Scenic Railway entrance
• Palais de Dance
• Toadstool ride
• The Yelps (an early Matterhorn without the bobsled ride)

 

Belmont Park – Mission Beach Amusement Park

• Giant Dipper roller coaster on opening day – July 4 1925
• Giant Dipper line, ticket booth detail of above
• Giant Dipper ticket booth and train
• Carousel and Fun House
• Fun House entrance
• Bath House, c. 1925
• Mission Beach, c. 1925
• Aerial view of Mission Beach, 1926
• Aerial view of Mission Beach, c. 1927
• Sailors and bathers at food stands, c. 1942

 

The Midway, California Pacific Exposition, Balboa Park 1935-1936

• Crime Never Pays, Ripley’s Believe-It-or-Not, Monsters Alive
• Bailout, parachute jump – detail

 

Del Mar Fairgrounds

• Ferris wheels on “Gay Way”, 1948