Pleasure wheel
Title: | Pleasure wheel |
Description: | Patented model of Pleasure wheel, an amusement ride, in wood-framed glass case in American Museum of Public Recreation in Coney Island. |
Date: | 1930? |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) |
More Details: |
On verso: typed label: "Model on exhibition at the American Museum of Public Recreation, Coney Island, New York. Patented by Lucas M. Campi of Havana, Cuba & N.Y.C., 1886. This is of the familiar ferris wheel type; the invention specifies a structure made up of cast members, also a double row of seats, one row on the outer circle and another row on the inner circle. The seats are devided [sic] into three seperate [sic] sections, one for each passenger." Title from typed label on verso. |
Collection: | Coney Island
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Subject: |
Amusement rides Models (Patents) |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
ID: | CONE 0188 |