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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Shoot the chute ride and the Chutes Theatre. A boy runs down the sidewalk at the left, and there are other pedestrians in the background. There are benches at the right. Buildings stretch along the sidewalk at the left, including one that has a sign that reads, "The chutes [zoologic]." The theater is in the background, and the shoot the chute tracks are at the center of the image, ascending to a towered structure at the top. 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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