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Riders enjoy (or endure) a spin on the Big Dipper roller-coaster at Camden Park, an amusement park on the outskirts of Huntington, West Virginia

Riders enjoy (or endure) a spin on the Big Dipper roller-coaster at Ca...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1902 as a picnic spot by the Camden Interstate Railway Company, where riders traveling between Huntington and nearby ci... More

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y.

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.

Roller coaster, [Paragon Park], Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16. Location: Fall Rive...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Loop the loop, Luna Park, Coney Island

Loop the loop, Luna Park, Coney Island

Title devised by cataloger. "G 1065" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 030858. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Casino, Toledo O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Casino, Toledo O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Katzenjammer Castle and toboggan, Wildwood, St. Paul, Minn.

Katzenjammer Castle and toboggan, Wildwood, St. Paul, Minn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y.

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West End, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

West End, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Roller coaster, Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.]

[Roller coaster, Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Looping the loop, Atlantic City

Looping the loop, Atlantic City

"727" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013711. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Jet Star roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Jet Star roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Sportland Pier Supersonic roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Sportland Pier Supersonic roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic [...] Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic [...] Location: Cincinnati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boardwalk, casino, showing portion of scenic ry. i.e. railroad, Toledo, Ohio

Boardwalk, casino, showing portion of scenic ry. i.e. railroad, Toledo...

"No. 20 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071299. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Entrance to the Coaster Dips, the roller coaster at the Glen Echo (Md.) Park near Washington, D.C.

Entrance to the Coaster Dips, the roller coaster at the Glen Echo (Md....

Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Riders enjoy (or endure) a spin on the Big Dipper roller-coaster at Camden Park, an amusement park on the outskirts of Huntington, West Virginia

Riders enjoy (or endure) a spin on the Big Dipper roller-coaster at Ca...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Established in 1902 as a picnic spot by the Camden Interstate Railway Company, where riders traveling between Huntington and nearby ci... More

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16. Location: Fall Rive...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Looping the loop, Atlantic City

Looping the loop, Atlantic City

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Son of Beast" roller coaster at King's Island amusement park, Mason, Ohio

"Son of Beast" roller coaster at King's Island amusement park, Mason, ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

West End, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

West End, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic ... Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic ... Location: Cincinnati, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 18. After the word "Picnic" the words are cut off on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Comm... More

Ohio's "Son of Beast" roller coaster at King's Island, Ohio

Ohio's "Son of Beast" roller coaster at King's Island, Ohio

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Morey's Piers Great Nor Easter Roller Coaster now known as Fly.Wildwood, New Jersey

Morey's Piers Great Nor Easter Roller Coaster now known as Fly.Wildwoo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Original costs for The Great Nor'Easter reached $5.5 million, an amount almost equivalent to the $5 million pricetag of the current re... More

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16. Location: Fall River...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4184. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Boardwalk, casino, showing portion of scenic ry. [i.e. railroad], Toledo, Ohio

Boardwalk, casino, showing portion of scenic ry. [i.e. railroad], Tole...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Loop the loop, Luna Park, Coney Island]

[Loop the loop, Luna Park, Coney Island]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Base ball park, Silver Lake, Ohio, 1905]

[Base ball park, Silver Lake, Ohio, 1905]

H68186 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; November 4, 1905. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Giant Swamp Fox coaster, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Giant Swamp Fox coaster, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Casino, Toledo O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Casino, Toledo O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Great White in Wildwood, New Jersey is a sit-down woodensteel roller coaster made and built by the now defunct Custom Coasters International. This ride was built over the beach because Morey's Pierss ran out of room on the pier. A rather special feature is that the ride lacks drive tires, as the downward slope of the station run is enough to propel the train in the station

The Great White in Wildwood, New Jersey is a sit-down woodensteel roll...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

I Scream roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

I Scream roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic [...] Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic [...] Location: Cincinnati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roller coaster, Euclid Beach, Cleveland, O[hio]

Roller coaster, Euclid Beach, Cleveland, O[hio]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Stand on your head for a dime, ten cents". Loop the Loop, Coney Island Island, N.Y

"Stand on your head for a dime, ten cents". Loop the Loop, Coney Islan...

H53508 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by H.C. White Co. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.) Patented April 14, 1903.

Roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Roller coaster ramp, Putter's Paradise mini golf at New Wave Park, Missoula, Montana

Roller coaster ramp, Putter's Paradise mini golf at New Wave Park, Mis...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Casino, Toledo Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Casino, Toledo Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"2041" on L negative; "2042" on R negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 067020. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

West End, New Orleans, La - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West End, New Orleans, La - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06268, 08950, 08949. Center and right negatives also issued as separate images; center title begins "Pavilion at West End ..." "504," "505," an... More

Roller coaster, Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts

Roller coaster, Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts

"2813" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018802. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Working boys in foreground. See 4184. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Working boys in foreground. See 4184. Location: Fall River, Massachuse...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 4183. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Roller coaster car, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Roller coaster car, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y

Loop the Loop, Coney Island, N.Y

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09180. Luna Park. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Morey's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Morey's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Roller coaster, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Roller coaster, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Morey's Piers Great Nor Easter Roller Coaster now known as Fly. Wildwood, New Jersey

Morey's Piers Great Nor Easter Roller Coaster now known as Fly. Wildwo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Original costs for The Great Nor'Easter reached $5.5 million, an amount almost equivalent to the $5 million pricetag of the current re... More

Jet Star roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Jet Star roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

The Great White roller coaster at Morey's Piers on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey

The Great White roller coaster at Morey's Piers on the boardwalk in Wi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

West End, New Orleans, La - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West End, New Orleans, La - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06268, 08950, 08949. Center and right negatives also issued as separate images; center title begins "Pavilion at West End ..." "504," "505," an... More

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Scream roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Scream roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Roller coaster, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

West End, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

West End, New Orleans, La. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roller coaster, Keansburg, New Jersey

Roller coaster, Keansburg, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Working boys in foreground. See 4184.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Working boys in foreground. See 4184. Location: Fall River, Massachus...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Hunt's Pier and Morey's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Hunt's Pier and Morey's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Roller coaster, Keansburg, New Jersey

Roller coaster, Keansburg, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

The Great White in Wildwood, New Jersey is a sit-down woodensteel roller coaster made and built by the now defunct Custom Coasters International. This ride was built over the beach because Morey's Pierss ran out of room on the pier. A rather special feature is that the ride lacks drive tires, as the downward slope of the station run is enough to propel the train in the station

The Great White in Wildwood, New Jersey is a sit-down woodensteel roll...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-8). Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol... More

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Hunt's Pier roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Scream roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Scream roller coaster, Wildwood, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic ... Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

On the Scenic Railway, The Newsboys' Picnic ... Location: Cincinnati, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 18. After the word "Picnic" the words are cut off on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Comm... More

West End, New Orleans, La - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

West End, New Orleans, La - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06268, 08950, 08949. Center and right negatives also issued as separate images; center title begins "Pavilion at West End ..." "504," "505," an... More

Roller coaster, Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.

Roller coaster, Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.

Title devised, based on similarity to LC-D4-18802. Previously captioned as: Roller coaster, possibly Coney Island, N.Y., or Atlantic City, N.J. "2886" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 030923. Gift; State... More

Katzenjammer Castle and toboggan, Wildwood, St. Paul, Minn

Katzenjammer Castle and toboggan, Wildwood, St. Paul, Minn

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G 2169" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018185. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Roller coaster, Keansburg, New Jersey

Roller coaster, Keansburg, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

Roller coaster at the Family Kingdom amusement park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Roller coaster at the Family Kingdom amusement park in Myrtle Beach, S...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts

Sandy Beach. Sunday recreation - mill boys 14-16. Location: Fall River...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 4184. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Casino, Toledo Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Casino, Toledo Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"2041" on L negative; "2042" on R negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 067020. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.