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- Tough Guys
- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
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Pennyland: 1928
1928. At the Glen Echo amusement park in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
Disneyland for D.C. Dwellers
Glen Echo, or "Clown Echo," as this 4-year-old pronounced it, was the closest thing we had to Disneyland 60 years ago. I was saddened when it closed down. So many memories!
[It was Disneyland for D.C. dwellers only if those dwellers were white. - Dave]
Musee Mecanique
Dan Zelinsky and the Musee Mecanique in San Francisco have a new web site:
Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe
We have a store like this on the waterfront in Seattle as well. It's full of wonderful things like narwhal horns, shrunken heads, mummies and and more. They have a bunch of old machines that play organ music, stamp coins and tell you your weight or fortune. Free admission!
Free Admission
But everyone left lighter by a few coins, I'm sure. I love the flapper turning to look back, or calling out to a companion: a fleeting moment frozen in time.
Musee Mechanique
I thought of the Musee as soon as I saw this image. What a fun place. I haven't been there since it moved from the basement of the Cliff House, but I'm glad it's open for business again. I wonder if Pennyland had a gal like Laffing Sal?
http://www.museemechanique.org/3.html
Pennyland
You should visit the Musee Mechanique at Pier 45 in San Francisco (at the Wharf). Also see the website..
Penny Arcade
Amazing! One of those old machines, like the palm reader, would be worth a fortune today. I would love to know what they all are. A lot look robotic.
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