carnivalride

I went to this fair every year when I lived in Rutland!

Good to see a time when people were smart enough not to need all the safety equipment we need these days.

Ferris wheels scare me

I bet this ride is still in operation someplace.

You're right ren ... It's an Eli Bridge Ferris Wheel .... I drive one at work.

Very nice view.Greetings.

Ugh salt-n-pepper shakers. That ride makes me ill. Heh.

Cool a freak show!

something tells me this wasn't the safest ride at the fair.

Exactly the same ride, but red and blue, remained well into the 1970'ies at the Swedish amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg. It was called "Swingoplan". I was born in 1965 and I rode it around 1973 I think. I remember the "safety belt", just an inch-wide leather belt around my waist. The inside was clad with well worn vinyl and leather padding. It was a great ride.

In the U.S.A. the ride was actually called The Bullet. That was before it became ... incorrect .... to call it as such. When I was a kid in the '60's this was a mainstay on the midway of the (rather large) Mahoning County Fair (Ohio). This ride can still be found at many county fairs.

I love the look on that girl's face!

kizlar grubu diye ben buna derim,,, kutuphanenize cok tesekkur ederiz bu tarihi fotograflari bizlerle paylastiginiz icin emegi gecen herkesin eline saglik

almost looks like a movie set: how clean cut they all are!

it is amazing to see photos from this era in color! IT does look like a movie set~!

My wife commented on how the girls are probably wearing homemade dresses. She's very jealous.