. English: Call number: CHS-5197 Legacy record ID: chs-m3634; USC-1-1-1-3710 Title: Chutes Park (later Horsley Park), an amusement park in Los Angeles, Photographer: Pierce, (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-5197 Coverage date: circa 1906 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Description: Photograph of Chutes Park (later Horsley Park), an amusement park in Los Angeles, A man and two women stand in the foreground ne
. English: Call number: CHS-5197 Legacy record ID: chs-m3634; USC-1-1-1-3710 Title: Chutes Park (later Horsley Park), an amusement park in Los Angeles, Photographer: Pierce, (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-5197 Coverage date: circa 1906 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Description: Photograph of Chutes Park (later Horsley Park), an amusement park in Los Angeles, A man and two women stand in the foreground near a fountain situated near the edge of a pool. On the other end of the pool is a tall slide about 30 feet tall with water trickling down. Next to the slide is a mechanical lift, which is used to carry thrill-seekers to the top of the slide. On the outer edges of the pool are benches where people can be seen seated or walking by. At left are the circular and winding tracks of a roller coaster. The sign at the ticket booth reads: 'Tickets 10¢, children 5¢'. There are several signs on the roller coaster tracks that read: 'danger, don't stand up'. Accession number: 5197 Microfiche number: 1-91- Archival file: chs Volume42 Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): amusement parks Project: USC Repository email: Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1906 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (st
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