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Title
Childrens electric road - Chutes
Contributor
Dressler, Albert
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1895 and 1906]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2009-0619.
In: San Francisco and vicinity : [photograph album]; vol. 4. Marine views, Sutro Park, Chutes, Golden Gate Park, pg. 34.
View of a miniature railroad ride at the Chutes amusement park in San Francisco. The pool of the "shoot-the-chutes" ride is seen at left, and the swing ride is seen beyond. Families with small children are seen on the train.
The Chutes at Tenth and Fulton opened in 1902. Included "Down the Flumes" boat ride, the Circle Swing, Pavilion Theater, Mystic Mirror Maze.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; image 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001392615CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-5960
Language
English
Subject
Amusement parks--California--San Francisco
Amusement rides--California--San Francisco
Miniature railroads--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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