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The story of Six Flags over Texas: The amusement park that started the chain
A multi-million-dollar family amusement park – Six Flags Over Texas – has brought millions of people to a former strip of pasture.
A multi-million-dollar family amusement park – Six Flags Over Texas – has brought millions of people to a former strip of pasture.
On Pirates of the Caribbean in 1967, the costliest and most technologically-sophisticated amusement park ride ever built, Disneyland evoked the buccaneering past of the Spanish Main.
These fun vintage coin-operated rides – including horses and rockets – lived in front of drugstores and grocery stores across the country, and made millions of kids smile.
Monsanto’s Home of the Future at Disneyland – set in the futuristic year 1986 – was built almost entirely of plastic, either alone or in combination with traditional building materials.
In 1971, the latest and greatest addition to Walt Disney’s empire of imagination opened: Disney World. See what the theme park originally looked like here!
Nash Ambassador cars: Too hot to hold ’til ’57! Nash announces a completely new concept in fine cars… the new Ambassador Special with Torque-Flo V8…
Look back to some of the fun and adventure that awaited guests at Disneyland back in the 1950s!
As you can see from these Vintage Coney Island photos & postcards, This beach area just outside New York City was one of the most popular resorts in the United States.
Sid & Marty Krofft didn’t just create TV shows like ‘Land of the Lost’ and ‘HR PufNStuf’ – they also created a fantastical indoor amusement park in Atlanta.
With these vintage Disneyland tickets, visitors could enjoy their choice of dozens of Disneyland rides and attractions in Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Frontierland and Adventureland.
Vintage View-Master reels offered a trip into another dimension – ‘with stereo color pictures so real, you’ll feel you are actually part of the scene!’
In its original run, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour lasted only 31 episodes, but its funky brand of psychedelia had a lasting impact on a lot of kids born in the sixties. Take a look – and a listen!
Before vintage Disneyland opened in 1955, Walt Disney said the huge amusement park would be ‘the most fabulous playground on earth.’ See what it looked like!
Surrounded by a flood of music as the boat glides along, one scene merges into another as the children of the Disneyland ride ‘It’s a Small World’ sing and dance to the show’s lilting title tune.
Bringing you the finest in family entertainment, Disneyland is reaching for the stars like never before!
Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent – Tampa, Florida Sights that take your breath away! Take your seat in the dazzling Moroccan Palace to experience “Kaleidoscope”
Dreamland and its beautiful tower attract the eye of the pleasure seeker long before Coney Island is reached. There is capital amusement under and about the big tower, and all the novelties are enjoying a large share of favor…
The 21st century is here. 32 years ahead of time. General Electric has much of the technology needed to build the dream city of tomorrow
Carowinds food, shopping & show guide Shopping Info! Be sure to include shopping in your Carowinds visit! You’ll discover over 35 shops throughout the
No other day makes you feel this way. Take a look at the expression on this child’s face. A good, close look. What you see
Wedding in midair Many couples united in the cars of the Ferris Wheel Since the opening of the World’s Fair, more than a score of
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