Theme Park and Amusement Park History
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Coney Island History Site
- New York’s Coney Island was the top amusement area during the first half of the 20th Century.
Coney Island was actually the home of several adjacent amusement parks built and operated by different entrepeneuers.
A site by Jeffrey Stanton.
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Defunct Amusement Parks
- Lots of amusement parks have gone out of business over the years.
Joel Styer has gathered information about many of them.
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Destiny of the
Forgotten Realms
- Anthony Tomassi explains the story behind Boardwalk and Baseball, a defunct Central
Florida theme park.
There’s also information on other failed or forgotten theme park efforts.
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Florida’s
Lost Tourist Attractions
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Let Robert H. Brown take you on a tour of roadside attractions that
welcomed tourists in the Florida of yesterday.
Here’s your chance to visit
Tommy Bartlett’s Deer Ranch, Treasureland, Weapons of the World, and many
others.
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Freedomland,
U.S.A.
- It’s 1960. Now, New York has a its own major theme park.
(Too bad it only lasted five years.)
Rob Friedman invites you to take a fun virtual tour.
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National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA)
- Learn about this amusement park enthusiasts’ organization, and
read about the history of amusement parks and theme parks.
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Pacific
Ocean Park, Santa Monica
- “POP” tried to compete with Disneyland from 1958 to 1967.
See what you missed
at this simple site with postcards and brochure pages.
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Palisades
Amusement Park Historical Society
- Palisades Amusement Park, located atop the New Jersey Palisades cliffs,
closed forever in 1971.
Read the history of the park, see photos, and shop for souvenirs at this Web site.
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Roller Coaster History
- This series of articles describes the origin and development of
roller coasters.
This is a part of
UltimateRollercoaster.com.
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Theme Park Memories
- See photos and brochures from defunct Southern California attractions, including pictures of the ruins of Marineland of the Pacific.
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Venice History
- The California beach communities of Venice and Ocean Park
were home to various amusement piers over many decades.
This is a carefully researched article with vintage photos, by Jeffrey Stanton.
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Visit to The World of Sid & Marty
Krofft
- Here’s your chance to see the defunct indoor theme park in Atlanta, Georgia.
A feature of
“Steven Wilson: rides, towers, and more.”
World’s Fairs
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Expo Museum
- This is a great website. It’s an “online museum”devoted
to all World’s Fairs—the major ones, and the ones you never heard of.
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World’s
Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath
- A hypertextual exploration of the Chicago’s World’s Fair of 1893,
and its social and cultural implications for early modern and
postmodern America.
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New
York World’s Fair 1939-1940
- This is Alan Anderson’s tribute to what he calls THE FAIR.
It includes personal recollections and links to other sites.
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The Space Needle, from the 1962
Seattle World’s Fair
- The fair is history, but the Space Needle remains as the most recognizable
symbol of Seattle.
In addition to plenty of information about what the Space Needle currently offers,
read about its
History and
Fun Facts.
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New York 1964/1965 World’s Fair
- The New York World’s Fair at Flushing Meadow in Queens, New York, occupied the
same site as the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
the
Walt Disney introduced Pepsi Cola’s It’s a Small World,
the State of Illinois’ Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln,
the Ford Motor Company’s Magic Skyway,
and General Electric’s Progressland.
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New York 1964 World’s Fair
- This site by Jeffrey Stanton has terrific clickable mapsthat allow you to navigate to articles about the many pavilions of th New York 1964 World’s Fair.
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Expo 67 Montréal World’s Fair
- Expo 67 was a huge event almost forty years ago in Montréal, Canada.
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Expo 67 - Montréal World’s Fair
- This is another site by Jeffrey Stanton. As with his New York 1964 World’s Fair site, there are terrific clickable maps.
© 2007 Werner Weiss — Disclaimers, Copyright, and Trademarks
Last updated November 16, 2007.
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