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Visual Roller Coaster History Appreciation
Purpose: to appreciate historical, architectural and cultural changes in roller coaster history.
Many images on this page are direct scans from my private collection (of 200+ postcards), reasonable copies thereof and/or obtained from other online resources. These images may also include copyrighted material but are only displayed for historic documentation and educational purposes and not for any monetary gain (there are no ads on this web site). I do not claim any rights to any of these images.
The roller coaster originally known as The Bobs at Coney Island was a historic wooden coaster that operated from 1926 to 1978. It was renamed the Tornado in the 1930s. The ride no longer exists, as it was severely damaged by arson attacks in 1977 and subsequently demolished.
The historic Island Park in Easton, Pennsylvania, featured a Figure Eight wooden roller coaster. The park was a popular "trolley park" attraction from 1894 to 1919, and the roller coaster was present during that time, with postcards from 1911 confirming its existence.
The "Scenic Railway" in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, was a historic wooden rollercoaster, originally called the Mountain Scenic Railway, which operated at the now-closed Willow Grove Park (a trolley park that became an amusement park) until 1974, offering themed thrills like mountains and tunnels, but it's no longer running, with the area now a mall.
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