Available Soon Online: Fun From Depression-Era Playland
05 SEP 2008 from the New York Times | Read the full story»
It is hard to squelch the human desire for fun. It seems almost a bodily need, like food and sleep. Even war and catastrophe won’t dampen it entirely. That is part of the charm of more than 3,000 photographs of Playland that within a year will become available on the Internet. Most were taken in the depths of the Depression, and they show that even then, grown-ups and children shrieked with delight as they spun, soared, plunged and careered on Playland’s carnival of rides. (Subscription required)
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