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| Title | Luna Park Souvenir glass ca. 1910 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | ca 1910 |
| Caption | This glass says " Luna Park" on one side and "Anna Wagner" on the other in gold script. |
| Notes | Luna Park opened at Duwamish Head in west Seattle June 27, 1907 billing itself as the "Coney Island of the West". This ruby glass is a popular type of souvenir available to purchase in amusement parks of that era. Luna Park rides were closed and moved to California in 1913. The swimming pool continued operations until 1931. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact Southwest Seattle Historical Society/ Log house Museum, 3003 71st Avenue SW, Seattle 98116, 206-938-5293,www.loghousemuseum@home.com. |
| Credit Line | Southwest Seattle Historical Society; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Southwest Seattle Historical Society |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | Glass is clear cut glass on the base and is 3.87" high and 2.87" in diameter. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
| Accession/Acquisition Number | SWSHS # 1998.26.1 |
