Box 2
Container
Contains 28 Results:
Catalogs - John A. Huth Manufacturing Co., "Gee Whiz" Toys, approximately 1920s
File — Box: 2, Folder: 25
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
approximately 1920s
Catalogs - Mills Novelty Comapny, "Violano Virtuoso", 1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1924
"Cleary" [photograph of a man and miscellaneous materials, possibly Arthur A. Cleary], undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
undated
Clippings - Miniature Ferris Wheel by Albert Gibbney, 1947
File — Box: 2, Folder: 28
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1947
Clippings, etc. - Park closing, 1967
File — Box: 2, Folder: 29
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1967
Clippings - After Closing, 1967-2004
File — Box: 2, Folder: 30
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1967-2004
Correspondence - Dolores Haugh, 1968, 1977
File — Box: 2, Folder: 31
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1968, 1977
Correspondence - Geo A. Heyl & Sons and The Eagle Carriage Co. regarding ponies, 1921-1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 32
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1921-1924
Correspondence, 1923
File — Box: 2, Folder: 33
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1923
Correspondence, 1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1924
Correspondence - The Bobs and accident hazard, 1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1924
Correspondence - Insurance, 1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1924
Correspondence - Schmidt, William (born 1851) - Death of, 1924
File — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1924
Correspondence, 1925
File — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1925
Correspondence, 1930, 1940-1941, 1953
File — Box: 2, Folder: 39
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1930; 1940-1941; 1953
Correspondence - Patron, 1930
File — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1930
Correspondence - William Hale Thompson, Mayor's Office, 1927-1930
File — Box: 2, Folder: 41
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1927-1930
Employees, 1950s-1960s
File — Box: 2, Folder: 42
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1950s-1960s
Events - Chicago Daily News Carriers' Summer Spectacular, 1958
File — Box: 2, Folder: 43
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1958
Events - Pacific Express Company's Day [reproductions], 1904
File — Box: 2, Folder: 44
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1904
Events - Miscellaneous, 1950s-1960s
File — Box: 2, Folder: 45
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1950s-1960s
Events - Riverview Preview anniversary parties, 1950s
File — Box: 2, Folder: 46
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1950s
Events - Riverview Ramble, 1930-1962
File — Box: 2, Folder: 47
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1930-1962
Events - Schwaben Verein picnic, 1955, 1977
File — Box: 2, Folder: 48
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1955; 1977
Events - Tournament of Music, 1967
File — Box: 2, Folder: 49
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of materials about the Riverview Amusement Park, which operated in Chicago from 1904 to 1967. Materials reflect attitudes surrounding leisure activities, pop culture, and social customs from the early to mid-twentieth century.Materials include aerial photographs, blueprints, photographs of patrons, employees, and rides, advertising materials and publicity, brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, tickets, catalogs, receipts, meeting minutes, patents, and...
Dates:
1967