American Photographs Joyland Amusement Park

Author : Dustin Ray Shannon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798891452084

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American Photographs: Joyland Amusement Park by Dustin Ray Shannon Pdf

In the 1940's the Ottaway family established the first Joyland park at Central and New York Avenue. After the overwhelming success of their Central location, in 1948 the Ottaway Amusement Company purchased acreage on South Hillside Ave to construct the largest roller coaster in the state of Kansas. Opening the new location in 1949, Joyland became Wichita's largest amusement park. The Ottaway's retired in 1975 and the Nelson's bought the park. Over the years, it developed into a family friendly park with rides, gunfights, go-carts, picnics, concerts and swimming, enjoyed by thousands. At the turn of the new century, the park started to fade, beset by modern competition, closing in 2006.

Author : Seph Lawless
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781510723382

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Abandoned by Seph Lawless Pdf

Huffington Post called him “a master of the abandoned”—and for good reason. The “artivist” known only as Seph Lawless has spent the last ten years photo-documenting the America that was left behind in the throes of economic instability and overall decline—decrepit shopping malls, houses, factories, even amusement parks. Through nearly two hundred gorgeous and elegiac photographs, Abandoned details Lawless’s journey into what was once the very heart of American entertainment: the amusement park. Lawless visits deserted parks across the country, capturing in stark detail their dilapidated state, natural overgrowth, and obvious duality of sad and playful symbolism. Previously self-published as Bizarro, this updated edition of Lawless’s photographic tribute to decaying American amusement parks contains new content and a new foreword. For the first time, the famed photojournalist Seph Lawless makes his moving work available in a stunning trade edition.

Author : Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541602007

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America's Black Capital by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar Pdf

The remarkable story of how African Americans transformed Atlanta, the former heart of the Confederacy, into today’s Black mecca Atlanta is home to some of America’s most prominent Black politicians, artists, businesses, and HBCUs. Yet, in 1861, Atlanta was a final contender to be the capital of the Confederacy. Sixty years later, long after the Civil War, it was the Ku Klux Klan’s sacred “Imperial City.” America’s Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. What drove them, historian Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar shows, was the belief that Black uplift would be best advanced by forging Black institutions. America’s Black Capital is an inspiring story of Black achievement against all odds, with effects that reached far beyond Georgia, shaping the nation’s popular culture, public policy, and politics.

Author : Dustin Ray Shannon
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0368989895

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American Photographs: Joyland Amusement Park by Dustin Ray Shannon Pdf

​Since 1949, Joyland was Wichita's largest amusement park but that changed when the park closed in 2006. In 1948, the Ottaway Amusement Company purchased 40 acres of land in south Wichita so they could build the largest roller coaster in the state of Kansas. The Ottaway Amusement Co. sold Joyland in 1975 to Stanley Nelson. For 30 years, the Nelsons were the driving force behind the park and a large percent of its current rides, including the Whacky Shack, the Log Jam, and the Sky Coaster.

Author : Dale Samuelson,Wendy Yegoiants
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Amusement parks
ISBN : 9780760309810

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The American Amusement Park by Dale Samuelson,Wendy Yegoiants Pdf

A photographic retrospective covers more than 100 years of images from the history of the American amusement park.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1800 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1973-12
Category : Dogs
ISBN : CORNELL:31924056924768

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Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen M. Silverman
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316416474

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The Amusement Park by Stephen M. Silverman Pdf

Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms. Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins nine centuries ago with the "pleasure gardens" of Europe and England and ends with the most elaborate modern parks in the world. It's a history told largely through the stories of the colorful, sometimes hedonistic characters who built them, including: Showmen like Joseph and Nicholas Schenck and Marcus Loew DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:Railroad barons Andrew Mellon and Henry E. Huntington/div DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:The men who ultimately destroyed the parks, including Robert Moses and Fred Trump/div DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:Gifted artisans and craft-people who brought the parks to life/div DIV 0pt? 0in MARGIN:An amazing cast of supporting players, from Al Capone to Annie Oakley/div And, of course, this is a full-throttle celebration of the rides, those marvels of engineering and heart-stopping thrills from an author, Stephen Silverman, whose life-long passion for his subject shines through. The parks and fairs featured include the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Coney Island, Steeplechase Park, Dreamland, Euclid Beach Park, Cedar Point, Palisades Park, Ferrari World, Dollywood, Sea World, Six Flags Great Adventure, Universal Studios, Disney World and Disneyland, and many more.

Author : Lee M. A. Simpson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 073852932X

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Sacramento's Oak Park by Lee M. A. Simpson Pdf

The history of American cities is a history of suburbs. It is a history of moving out and settling in, of technological innovation, of rearrangements of space, and the creation and erosion of community. Oak Park was Sacramento's first suburb, and before being officially annexed to the city in 1911, it prided itself on having separate law enforcement, its own newspaper, and perhaps most importantly, its own amusement park--Joyland. Unlike the more elite neighborhoods of Land Park and East Sacramento, Oak Park has always reflected working-class values and a less pretentious approach to architecture. Today, Oak Park is actively rediscovering and reestablishing its roots as a distinct, vital community and urban center.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Amusement parks
ISBN : STANFORD:36105014658145

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Amusement Business by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1336 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : African Americans
ISBN : CORNELL:31924059630479

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Black Meetings & Tourism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Carpet Bombing Culture
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-30
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1908211490

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Autopsy of America by Anonim Pdf

AUTOPSY OF AMERICA; The Death of a Nation is a harrowing look deep inside the crumbling apocalyptic landscape of America through the eyes of Photojournalist Seph Lawless. Autopsy of America takes you through the tattered remnants of the United States of America in a way that you never seen before. The beautiful apocalyptic landscapes consisting of abandoned schools, factories, shopping malls, amusement parks, theaters, hospitals, sport arenas, homes even entire towns offer a visual diagnostic to some of the county's true ills. The captivating images are accompanied by Lawless' personal anecdotes and thought-provoking stories that are equally riveting as the images.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Music
ISBN : IOWA:31858028447229

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The Billboard by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Art
ISBN : PSU:000065804803

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Sunshine Artists, U.S.A. by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Dean Wright
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0912839066

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Lexington by John Dean Wright Pdf

"This is a perceptively written, generously illustrated chronicle of the founding and development of a unique and vibrant community that has served as the cultural and economic center of Kentucky's famed Bluegrass region for more than 200 years. This rich tapestry of people, architecture, dates, facts, figures, and anecdotes covers every facet of Lexington's history."

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781789097566

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The Complete Hard Case Crime Stephen King Collection by Stephen King Pdf

The Complete Hard Case Crime Stephen King Collection, featuring the bestselling titles The Colorado Kid, Joyland, and his newest novel, Later, plus exclusive art cards. Collecting Stephen King's three homages to the classic crime pulp paperbacks, published by Hard Case Crime. This includes The Colorado Kid (2005), Joyland (2013) and Later (2021). It will also feature three exclusive art cards with alternate cover artwork for the three novels. Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work in a fairground and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. A rookie newspaperwoman learns the true meaning of mystery when she investigates a 25-year-old unsolved and very strange case involving a dead man found on an island off the coast of Maine. The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability, Jamie can see things no one else can. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.