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Riverview Ramble, Dolores Haugh Riverview Amusement Park collection, approximately 1950s
Riverview Ramble, Dolores Haugh Riverview Amusement Park collection, approximately 1950s
Riverview Ramble, Dolores Haugh Riverview Amusement Park collection, approximately 1950s
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Open book Riverview Ramble, Dolores Haugh Riverview Amusement Park collection, approximately 1950s

Title Riverview Ramble, Dolores Haugh Riverview Amusement Park collection, approximately 1950s 
Creator Haugh, Dolores
Date approximately 1950s 
Place Illinois--Avondale, Illinois--Chicago, Illinois--Lakeview, Illinois--Riverview Amusement Park
Language English
Subjects Amusement parks, Amusement rides, Business enterprises, Roller coasters
Description Riverview Park archival records, including correspondence, accounts, publicity materials, concession contracts, minutes and reports, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and advertising materials, salvaged by Dolores Haugh from the abandoned park office one week before it burned down. Reports, minutes, correspondence, and other documents date mainly from the early years of the park. Advertising materials, clippings, and photographs are mainly from the last decades of park operation. There is information about rides and concessions, including the famous "Bobs," events like the Riverview Ramble and Mayor William Hale Thompson's 1920s outings for school children, staff members, and the general operation of the park. Also materials gathered by Haugh for her newspaper articles and her book, Riverview Amusement Park (2004). 
Archival Collection Title Midwest Manuscript Collection, Dolores Haugh Riverview Amusement Park collection
Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record
Call Number Midwest MS Riverview Box 4 Folder 71 
BibID 9911524477505867
Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated
Contributing Institution Newberry Library
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IIIF Resource Type Canvas 
Size 7603px × 9211px     200.38 MB 
File Created 01/17/2024 
Filename 9911524477505867_ord_midwest_ms_riverview_box_00004_fl_00071_000001_01.tif 
Unique Identifier NL12390A 
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