/ Shoot the chutes ride and Scenic Railway roller coaster, San Francisco, 1900

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Title: Shoot the chutes ride and Scenic Railway roller coaster, San Francisco, 1900
Contributor: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: West (H. H.) Collection
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Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Shoot the chutes ride and Scenic Railway roller coaster. The boat, full of people, that is part of the shoot the chutes ride is close to the shore. The tracks of the roller coaster hover above other amusement buildings, including the Tunnel of the Scenic Railway and another building labeled "[refreshment] pavilion." There are plants and bushes in the foreground.
Text from negative sleeve: 950. San Francisco, Sutro Heights, 1900. Close to the heights was an amusement park. 5 views of a Shoot the Chutes. 5 negatives.
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Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1998_0950_002
ark:/21198/zz002hrxmh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Roller coasters--California--San Francisco
Amusement parks--California--San Francisco
Source: West (H. H.) Collection

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