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NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK
May 3-9, 1998
EGINNT SEE SAM
The Giant See Saw at Omaha's
Trans-Mississippi International Exposition
The Giant See Saw made its debut at the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition in 1897. After its Omaha appearance in
1898, it was on to Buffalo for the 1901 Pan-American
Exposition. Renamed the Aeriocycle, the cabins were replaced
by wheels, each with four cars. From Buffalo this first "double
Ferris wheel" was moved to Coney Island, where it was a
prominent landmark at Steeplechase Park until 1929.
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Norman D. Anderson
P. O. Box 33211
Raleigh, NC 27636
For more information about the Giant See Saw and the history of Ferris
wheels, you may wish to consult Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History, which is
available from Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Bowling Green,
OH 43403. The cost is $29.95 (paperback) or $59.95 (cloth cover) plus $2.00
For a complimentary copy of the Ferris Wheel Newsletter, which I publish to
encourage research on Ferris Wheel history, please send a SASE to my
readers will be appreciated. My e-mail address is:
norman_anderson@ncsu.edu
Postcard collectors also may be interested in the book B. T. Fowler and I
wrote: Raleigh: North Carolina's Capital City on Postcards. Featured are 230
early cards of Raleigh and neighboring communities in Wake County. The
book can be ordered from Arcadia Publishing for $16.99 plus postage by
calling 1-888-313-BOOK (toll free).
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