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Manufacturing the Magic Episode 9: The rise of American amusement parks
Episode 9
Published 1 year, 8 months ago
Description
In the ninth installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid talk about how – as the 19th Century gave way to the 20th – amusement parks as we know them today began to pop up around the country
Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about:
- How Lake Compouce sprang up from a failed explosives experiment
- How Disney’s Boardwalk Resort was originally supposed to feature a selection of classic theme park attractions
- How a young immigrant went from sleeping under an Atlantic City pier to owning it
- The precursor to Disney’s Ford Wonder Rotunda at the 1964 New York World’s Fair
- West Coast amusement parks in Venice and Long Beach, California
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