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| Title | Luna Park roller coaster, Seattle, ca. 1912 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1912 |
| Caption | West Seattle's Luna Park was named for Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon. The amusement park was a popular place for Seattleites to swim, dance, and have fun. They could ride on a giant water slide, a roller coaster, or a carousel, or have a drink at what was advertised as "the longest bar on the bay." They could even see an exhibit of babies in an electric incubator. |
| Notes | Signs in image: [Natural] History [...om] Whale Exhibit - 600 Pieces of Whale Bone Taken from the Head - 20 People Can Now Stand in the Head Alone - Weight in Life, Aproximately [sic] 100 Tons, Contained 80 bbls. Oil - The Frame is Set Up as Natural as When in Life - Medical Doctors Admitted Free - [...ucating] Exhibition. Wonders of the Ocean.
Handwritten on sleeve: Luna Park Roller Coaster. |
| Subjects | Roller coasters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Amusement parks--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
West Seattle (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.7884 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 7641 |
