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1930. Augustino "Gus" Pagni with his new ride, the Giant Whirl

May 1930. Augustino "Gus" Pagni on the first opening day of Playland with his ride, the Giant Whirl, also known as the "Merry Mix-Up". Sign reads "15 cents a ride." Bitter Lake is in the background. Photo courtesy of Ray Langberg.

1930. Augustino

SHM-2087

Catalog number: SHM-2087
Dimensions: 924 x 640
File size: 253,949

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Dates:
1900-1999-1930s
Locations:
Named Places-Lakes and Streams-Bitter Lake
Playland
Playland Arcade Games-Skee Ball
Playland Rides-Giant Whirl - Merry Mix-Up Ride
Actions:
Viewer impressions-Fun
Agents:
People-Adults
Entities:
Infrastructure-Electrical Transmission
Technologies-Electric and electronic devices
Attributes:
Portraits-Individuals
Published in-'Once Upon A Time In Playland' by SHM

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