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About 1953. Mary Schwehm in her back yard by the Playland Big Dipper Ride

Looking north, Mary Schwehm in her back yard at 12823 North Park Ave. N., now N. 130th and Fremont. Photo courtesy of Wilson Schwehm who relates "People were always stumbling off the Dipper and ending up in my mother's back yard, passed out on the lawn. We would often find coins and other pocket items tossed around in the grass, evidence of the wild Dipper ride."

About 1953. Mary Schwehm in her back yard by the Playland Big Dipper Ride

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