In this image clown "Uncle Hiram" poses at Luna Park with a pig and two dogs in a "Studebaker Junior" wagon. Luna Park was an amusement park which operated from 1907-1913 on a pier at Duwamish Head, along the northern tip of West Seattle. Among the rides and amusements at the park were the Figure Eight Roller Coaster, a Merry-go-round, Chute-the-Chutes, the Water Slide, Cave of Mystery, The Canal of Venice, The Original Human Ostrich, The Joy Wheel, and the Infant Electrobator, a baby incubator exhibit.
Written on negative: Expect Me Shortly With My Family SHS category: Parks
Caption information source: "Luna Park - Coney Island of the West (1907-1913)," by Alan J. Stein, HistoryLink.org Essay 1390
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
