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Butte's Pride ~ The Columbia...
Dear Old Nat...Sokane's Playground
Doin' The Puyallup
Harry G. Traver: Legends of Terror
Images of America Vanishing Seattle
Memories of Columbia Gardens
Once Upon A Time In Playland
The Enchanted Forest And Its...
Great American Amusement Parks
The Incredibla Scream Machine
The Pacific National Exhibition

Calendars
On The Midway ~ Puyallup Fair 2007

DVDs and Videos
Remember When: Nat Park
Remembering The Columbia...
Great Old Amusement Parks
PNE ~ 1958

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Roller Coaster #47 ~ Fall 1993
Sunset Magazine ~ July 1976
Unwind Sunday Magazine 2007

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The Western Washington Fair 1973
50th Western Washington Fair...

Paintings:
The Fun Forest

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Old Mill and Caterpillar Ride
Puyallup Coaster and Rides 1930's

Great Old Amusement Parks

Review:
A great video about historical amusement parks still in operation today (with the exception of Whalom Park in MA which closed in 2000).

Great Old Parks also covers Oaks Park in Portland, Oregon. Narrator Rick Sebak interviews the park's previous owner, Robert Bollinger. Sebak states that Bollinger inherited the park from his father in the late 1940's then in the mid 1980's donated it to a nonprofit organization. And since then, the park has been successful in attracting patrons.

"I watch the people and see if they have a happy face on - that they're enjoying themselves", said Bollinger. "And that makes me happy."

When this video was made Bollinger was still alive and was said to have visited the park every day. No wonder he was lovingly referred to as "Mr Oaks".

WQED-TV website: WQED.org
Available on dvd.

Produced/Written/Narrated by:
Rick Sebak

Copyright 1999 WQED Pittsburg