SH Archive 1900-1915: The Golden Age of Amusement Parks

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Fascinating. Apparently there were as many as 2,000 Amusement Parks in the US. Sounds like most of them suffered catastrophic fires. An interesting video from CONSPIRACY-R-US follows.

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Username: Madwack
Date: 2019-11-23 06:40:31
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That first big park is huge and it right next to another park..what, so what is this like another Chicago exhibition where they destroy everything?

Everything catches fire......all the time.

There seems to be always many small ones to a few large....could the small one's be negative energy and the other larger one's positive?

That is a crazy looking park.
Is that an Owl? ( haha writing this as I watch, he said owl )
 
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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-11-23 13:45:31
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It makes me think of the efforts required to build all that, along with rebuilding all the hundreds of burnt down cities, dig them canals and tunnels, erect bridges and skyscrapers, construct expositions and what not... while at the same time giving up babies between 1854 and 1829. Talking about orphan trains and foundlings here.

In my opinion population numbers and skill sets that we are aware of do not match the produced. We are missing the infrastructure capable of producing all that.

Something is not right with population numbers either.
 
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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2019-11-23 14:08:41
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Video about 1900s I posted...
Got to Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore and avoided showing most of the architecture.
But CONEY ISLAND. Holy shit, I never knew how truly glorious it was in its glory days.

That feature in the news at the end. You can see a "fun house" in the background. They could move and tip the whole house it looks like.
 
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Username: dr dodge
Date: 2019-11-24 04:16:12
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I guess with no TV or internet they got out a lot.
That stuff had to be cheep or free though, otherwise who could afford to do it all the time (which it seems they did)

Many small cities and big towns had big merry go rounds, under large gazebo like buildings in the town squares.
Its hard to find even a couple that have survived now. Roller coasters too. They all seem to burn down.

We have been making fire for thousands of years, but we just can't seem to put it back out very well.

dr
 
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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-11-24 04:24:01
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I don’t know, may be slaves (possible aka - genetically produced workforce) worked all the time, while their masters enjoyed life.
  • Then the slavery got abolished...
Apparently it goes well beyond the United States.
Tibidabo Amusement Park
Spain
On 16 June 1900 work began on creating access to the top of Tibidabo, with the building of a tram - known popularly as the “Tramvia Blau” (Blue Tram) - and a funicular railway. At the same time, at the top of the mountain, work continued with the landscaping and construction of buildings and terraces. On 29 October 1901, the new facilities were officially opened. Interestingly, the funicular railway turned out to be the first main attraction of the Amusement Park, due to it being an innovative means of transport at that time. That same year, the first leisure facilities also appeared - such as the automatic scales and postcard vending machines.

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The first decade saw the introduction of small attractions such as telescopes and binoculars, swings, the Flobert shooting gallery, bowling, mirrors, automatons, the carrier pigeon station, along with events of all kinds: including Clavé choirs, military bands, orchestras and balloon rides. New buildings were opened such as the Gran Café Restaurant Tibidabo and the Hotel Restaurant Coll as well as a large events hall, within which they tried, unsuccessfully, to open a casino.
 
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Username: Prógonos FLS
Date: 2019-11-24 11:37:06
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As I’m a japanese member in this forum, I want to share some related amusement park in Japan early 20th century.

This is Takarazuka Shin-Onsen (New hot spring).
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This park is one of the first amusement park in Japan.
It was built by Arima electric train company in 1911 so story is similar.
They had biggest hot spring and pool back then.
However, main buildings burnt down 1923.

And also we had exposition but its another story.
I have a link below.

Taisho Ueno

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Username: Madwack
Date: 2019-11-24 23:41:38
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I went wandering around the internet wondering about that 3rd Degree and the owl and I will not disappoint in what I found.

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I found a song and here are the lyrics.

Band: Apathy
Song: Legend of the 3rd Degree

[Verse 1: Apathy]
All wise is the owl who can see in the dark
All rise for the lessons of the evenin' to start
All seein' is the being who created the spark
Man knows he knows nothin' if the man is smart
Star charts, technology is silly to those
Who know real space travel only happens with souls
Molecules and energy disassemble and flows
Where space bends and distorts, we are UFOs
King Hiram, master of all builders
Stepped in two pillars, stalked by three killers
Buried inside a village but wait… I'm not finished
Risen from the grave as a holographic image
Let's have a conversation, about the constellations
About sound and light and matter and vibrations
The mathematics needed just for your genetic sequence
While humans are distracted studyin' devils and demons
I need more than thirty-three, I'm three-sixty
I need more than religious scriptures can give me
I'm in a chamber a reflection gettin' busy
Chantin' and meditatin' 'til I'm dizzy
Memento mori, end of story, I told you I'm Grand Leveler
You'll never catch a grip or a token if you're irregular
You suckers had it twisted since the Morgan Affair
I'm horseback attackin' haters with a sword in the air
Sort of rare but you could sort of compare me to brother Manly
I got poets and scholars and Pharaohs in my family
People tryna decipher and try decodin' me
Fans constantly quotin' me, brothers sayin', "So mote it be"

[Chorus]
I'm from your ancient future
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff
Burn emcees like degrees of Mason, 'cause you're fakin'
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff
I'm from your ancient future
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff
A Master Mason when I'm buildin' my pyramid
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff

[Bridge]
My brother to the east, my brother to the east
My brother to the east, my brother to the east
My brother to the east, my brother to the east
My brother to the east, my brother to the eaaast

[Verse 2: Apathy]
Deep inside the forest, underneath the trees
Lit up by the torches, goin' through degrees
Started horizontal, lifted vertically
What's the magic number? Three
Mystery schools in ancient Egypt, alien science equipped
Hovered above in three ships large enough to eclipse
The sun/son, the widow, the virgin mother Mary
A sprig of acacia found inside a cemetery
Let's talk of hieroglyphics not the pseudoscientific
The phony spirit healers or a reading by ya mystic
The snake oil sellers or some fabricated cleric
Who speak of all religion to exploit the esoteric
The crystal rubber, card reader, Ouija board controller
The spell caster, cult leader or some holy roller
The soul sucker, vampire feedin' off ya energy
And people still believe in some imaginary enemy
I never look to the skies to say a prayer
There's no mystical wizard who's up there
Everything that ever was is everywhere
So let's light the three candles for this black tie affair
I'm stargatin' while y'all are stargazin'
Heart starts racin' like studyin' Carl Sagan
Standin' in formation, chantin' the oration
Tell the mortals there will be no teleportation
Deep and dark woods down the creepiest roads
Different symbols letters and numbers you can see 'em decode
In the creepiest robes, bunch of people we loathe
I don't f**k with the shit they do in that Bohemian Grove

[Chorus]
I'm from your ancient future
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff
Burn emcees like degrees of Mason, 'cause you're fakin'
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff
I'm from your ancient future
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff
A Master Mason when I'm buildin' my pyramid
Legend of the third degree god, Hiram Abiff

Legend of the 3rd Degree


Legend of the 3rd Degree (Acapella)


Who is Hiram Abiff?
Hiram Abiff (also Hiram Abif or the Widow's son) is the central character of an allegory presented to all candidates during the third degree in Freemasonry.

Hiram is presented as the chief architect of King Solomon's Temple, who is murdered in the Temple he designed by three ruffians as they unsuccessfully attempt to force him to divulge the Master Masons' secret passwords. The themes of the allegory are the importance of fidelity, and the certainty of death.

Hiram Abiff - Wikipedia

Who is King Hiram?
During Hiram's reign, Tyre grew from a satellite of Sidon into the most important of Phoenician cities, and the holder of a large trading empire.
Hiram I - Wikipedia

What is the Morgan Affair?
One Man Exposed the Secrets of the Freemasons. His Disappearance Led to Their Downfall

Who is brother Manly?
Brother Manly P. Hall, 33° - Ceremonial Magick and Sorcery
 
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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2019-11-25 01:18:54
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Nice. Photo show all the ladies outside waiting for the boys to get done in the club.
Hands in jackets...
 
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Username: dr dodge
Date: 2019-11-25 01:26:27
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could the hand in jacket somehow refer to the legend of "fliping the bird"?

archers supposedly had their middle finger hacked off so they could not shoot a bow.

a way to cover it you had a middle finger (a tried rebellious person)?

many cultures have a variation of the bird...hhhmmm
bears further consideration

dr
 
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Username: Madwack
Date: 2019-11-25 01:34:03
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I just clipped the image from the YouTube video of the OP. (print screen)
 
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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2019-11-25 01:36:06
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I watched the video. I saw it...

But I DIDN'T go back and watch it again.
After seeing the thirty third degree later (must not have been as many in that one), I needed to double check. Owls, owls, owls.
COOPER COOPER
?
 
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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2019-12-17 02:09:08
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Did you see the size of some of those domes off in the background in Woodward's Gardens?!!
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San Fran was the place to be!
Fairs all the time, amusement parks...
If that's two city blocks, I'm a stellar organ grinding monkey's uncle.
And those massive buildings in the background! Hell of a lawn party!


The builders of those star and crescent adorned structures. And probably the country that was here before...
 
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Username: Madwack
Date: 2020-01-23 20:42:43
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A friend sent me this stuff and I think I will share it here......


Veganism as Agenda 21/slave diet I got interested in these people that aren't drinking water, claiming historical precedent. Sure enough, I start reading. British navy only started giving sailors water in later 1800s. Same with US soldiers. Sure enough, I start reading journals. no one ever says they are thirsty or that men died of thirst. Everyone pretty much just drank alcohol. Napeloen, same deal. They were hydrated through the meals, gruels, stews, etc. At this point, I find sub-groups that claim that water that isn't polarly bonded is unable to be absorbed by the body. Linking to athletes in the 10s 20s and 30s who said they drank a glass or two of water. I start finding all this religious symbology of blood drinking. Going back over the sailors journals, I note they always take on pigs. Maybe to bleed them. I start finding people who claim to subsist on raw meat and blood alone, claiming the government is pushing veganism. I find almost no studies that support the vegan diet (pastebin link related). I remember the saturated fat bans getting passed in several states. I look back at public foundatains in the US. first one I found that refers to drinking from it is from 1914. CocaCola was started in 1886, but soda really took off in the 20s with the soda jerk, a trend that started in "The Carousel House" in Asbury Park.

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I tried to find photos of the orginal carousel....no luck. Philadelphia Tobaggon Company #87. Sold to South Carolina and remodeled. Painted over original images. Still in service today.

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Who is Tillie? Everything you need to know about the iconic face of Asbury Park


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11 rays in painting. 11 windows in asbury park building.
 
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Username: LILIRUS
Date: 2020-01-27 10:14:19
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This is truly fascinating.
The infantoriums doesn't make sense either.
To this day death rates of premature babies in some country's like Romania is high because they don't have enough fundings to purchase incubators in hospitals!
-How did they managed to treat 80,000 premature infants in 1900?
-How did they trucked them down at birth and administered them fast enough?
-Why did thier parents were not intrestead in them (it says most of them where orphans that were later gave away to addoptions free.
-How did he produced so many incubators? did he had a factory that created incubators?
-Who sponsered the production and cost maintenece of these incubators and food/medicine for the babies?
-How did the pre mature infants survived without breastmilk?

Breast milk playes a crucial role in infants health to this day.
this is the baby formula timeline from vikipedia:
1867A formula containing wheat flour, cow's milk, malt flour, and potassium bicarbonate was developed.[105]
1915A powder form of infant formula was introduced, containing cow's milk, lactose, oleo oils, and vegetable oils.[105]
1929Soy formula was introduced.[105]
1935Protein was added because it was believed cow's milk protein content was lower than human milk protein content; protein at 3.3–4.0 g/100 kcal was added.[105]
1959Iron fortification was introduced because a large amount of iron (~80%) is used to expand the red blood cell mass in a growing infant. Infants with birth weights between 1500 and 2500g require 2 mg/kg of iron per day. Infants with weights of less than 1500g require 4 mg/kg per day.[105][106]
1962The whey:casein ratio was made similar to human milk because producers were aware that human milk contains a higher ratio of whey protein, and cow's milk contains a higher ratio of casein.[105]
1984Taurine fortification was introduced because newborn infants lack the enzymes needed to convert and form taurine.

As we can see the baby formula was far from beeing sustainable for regular babies not to mantion premature babys.
-How did the babies breathed?
The lungs of pre mature babies are not yet developed and thus they can't breath and need to be breathed with a device called ventilator that is doing the work for thier lungs.
The earliest breathing machine was the Drinker respirator. It was invented in 1928 and was known as an 'iron lung'. These machines were used between the 1930s and 1950s. I assume they were also expensive and rare.
-How did they kept the babies clean?
Todays hospitals are much cleaner then they used to be 1900 and there is an emphasis on sterile environment espacially for pre mature unit care. How did the babies survived in the infantorium in which people came in and out all day on thier way to the other attractions in the amusement park.
Also, from personal experience with a cloth dipers, I had to change and clean my baby literally every hour in the first 6 months after birth.
How did they kept the babies clean in these times before modern disposable diapers?
The first disposable diaper was created in 1942 in Sweden, and was nothing more than an absorbent pad held in place with a pair of rubber pants.

What are your thoughts on this? sounds so bissare I can't even think of any explanation of what who and how in this infantoriums.

Modern preterm babies:
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Username: Sasarara
Date: 2020-01-27 13:14:00
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Hmmmm is that a lil Wayne song
 
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