Elephants, 1947

Description

Title: Elephants, 1947
Creator: Lacerenza, William A
Mayer, Peter F
Reuter, Louis W
Suess, George H
Van Kannel, T. (Theophilus), 1841-1919
Published / Created: 1947
Abstract: A collection of blueprints, plans, and building permits for Coney Island attractions and for the Witching Waves ride in Detroit and Euclid Beach Park, Cleveland. The Witching Waves ride was originally a Coney Island attraction that was later licensed to other locations. Collection includes plans for rides (such as Witching Waves, Bubble Bounce, Roll-O-Plane, and Thunderbolt), restaurants, arcades, a revolving platform and a miniature golf course, as well as for foundations, pipelines, and concrete piers. Includes also plans for an elephant track and stables for 5 elephants and 5 persons.
Description: Architects and surveyors named on plans: T. Van Kannel, George H. Suess, William A. Lacerenza, Peter F. Meyer, Louis W. Reuter.
Collection includes 1 blueline print and 1 manuscript floor plan and duplicate blueprints.
Imperfect: manuscript floor plan mutilated with loss of text.
Stamps of the Department of Housing and Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Extent: 1 folder ; 52 x 35 cm. and smaller
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: BrSides Elephant Folio 2013 7
Collection Title: Amusement park attractions : blueprints, plans, and building permits for Coney Island and other locations.
Collection Created: [United States :
Collection Date: 1918-1964]

Format: mixed material
Genre: Annotations
Architectural drawings
Blueprints
Building plans
Notes
Subject (Geographic): Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Euclid Beach Park (Cleveland, Ohio)
Subject (Topic): Amusement parks--Michigan--Detroit
Amusement parks--New York (State)--New York
Amusement parks--Ohio--Cleveland

Access: Public
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