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Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

Although carnivals and amusement parks of various kinds have been around for hundreds of years, they didn't always look like modern Six Flags or Disney Worlds.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 8 months ago in Wow

Although carnivals and amusement parks of various kinds have been around for hundreds of years, they didn't always look like modern Six Flags or Disney Worlds. Even the rides that resemble what we have today looked sketchy, to say the least, and some of them seem flat-out deadly. 


But like most things back then, that didn't stop the people of the day from having fun with them. Here are 25 vintage carnival rides that'll tilt your whirl. 

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    The world's first roller coaster at Coney Island, 1884.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    The Spider at Palisades Amusement Park, 1968.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    LaMarcus A. Thompson and crew testing the Giant Roller Coaster, Coney Island, New York, April 11, 1915.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Inside California Alligator Farm Amusement Park where kids could ride and play with alligators, 1920s.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Ku Klux Klan members enjoying a carnival in Canon City, Colorado. 1926.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Coney Island's Luna Park bumper car attractions. 1920s.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Robert F. Kennedy riding a roller coaster with his children. He is accompanied by his friend John Glenn along with his children, Disneyland, 1968.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    The Top aka "The Scenic Spiral Wheel" roller coaster at Coney Island's Luna Park.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Roller Coaster at the Arcadia Hotel in Santa Monica, late 1880s.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Future King George VI taking a turn on the Helter Skelter at the Wembley Exhibition. 1925.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Construction of the "Big Dipper" roller coaster, San Francisco's Playland Park, 1922.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    1967, Argentina.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    A lion riding in the sidecar of a go-kart at a wall of death carnival attraction at Revere Beach, Massachusetts, 1929.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    A family on an amusement park ride in Santa Cruz, California, May 1972.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    1909 - Summer fair in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Go Karting, early 1980s.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Friends enjoying the "Lusse Skooter" bumper carts at White City Amusement Park in the 1920s.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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    Elvis driving bumper cars.

    Classic Creaky Photos of Fair and Carnival Rides

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