Shoot-the-Chutes ride at Dreamland amusement park, 1909 New York Orphans Day outing
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Description
View of the Shoot-the-Chutes water ride at Dreamland amusement park during the 1909 annual excursion for orphans sponsored by the Orphan's Automobile Day Committee of New York. Children in small boat on left; spectators watch from platform on right and bridge in background. Approximately 1,800 children were taken on a trip to the Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--New York Orphans Day outing, 1909."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na029216
- Subject:
- Amusement rides--New York (State)--New York
- Bridges--New York (State)--New York
- Boats and boating--New York (State)--New York
- Amusement parks--New York (State)--New York
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1909-06-11
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.75 x 6.75 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Tours--New York Orphans Day outing, 1909 #3
- Negative Number:
- C27,212
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.