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Pacific Ocean Park: 1960

Another fascinating historical Kodachrome taken by my dad. Taken in May 1960, two years after the park opened and seven years before it closed forever, Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California was supposed to rival Disneyland (or so I am told). View full size.

Another fascinating historical Kodachrome taken by my dad. Taken in May 1960, two years after the park opened and seven years before it closed forever, Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California was supposed to rival Disneyland (or so I am told). View full size.

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Diving Bells and Mahi Mahi

I just had to find out what those two blue cylinders were: diving bells, which were submerged in the tank by hydraulic pistons. The alleged fun was when the pressure holding the bell down was released and the bell shot back up to the surface. But way more fun is the fact that the climactic scene of the final episode of The Fugitive (aired August 29, 1967) was filmed at this park, with Dr. Richard Kimble fighting the one-armed man atop the Mahi Mahi tower.

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