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Currency and Exchange Media ➔ Ticket For Ramona Park Merry-go-round
Identifier:
1996.56.1Description:
Rose-colored rectangular paper ticket with black printing on front side reading: 'Ramona Resort/Good for One 5c Ride/Merry Go Round.' Along right edge printed in black: '302296.' Black border around all words. Reverse side has the number '5' printed in back corner. In center is printed, 'RAMONA/RESORT.';ACCEPT. RELEVANCE: Ramona Park was a very popular place for amusement in the Grand Rapids area for the first half of the 20th Century. This ticket documents the price and type of rides available in the Park.Date:
1895 – 1960Materials:
PaperDimensions:
1" h 2" wCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Howard SilbarRelated Entities:
The Argus Ticket Company (creator) Ramona Park (creator)Ramona Park was an amusement park located on the western shore of Reeds Lake in East Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1903-1954. Thousands of families visited each year until the 1950s, when gasoline for cars became more available, and people began vacationing elsewhere. The park was owned and operated originally by the Grand Rapids Street Railway Company, and also after it became the Grand Rapids Motor Coach Company. It featured attractions such as the Jack Rabbit Derby Racer roller coaster, merry-go-round, fun house, mystic chutes, Ferris wheel, bumper cars, rocket swings and a miniature train. The park also included the Ramona Theatre which hosted vaudeville shows, musicals, silent film shorts, and favorite local and national entertainers. Ramona Gardens was initially a dance hall which, in the late 1930s, hosted the best of the big bands, and in 1942, became a roller skating rink. Mrs. Howard Silbar (donor) Ramona Park (is related to)
Ramona Park was an amusement park located on the western shore of Reeds Lake in East Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1903-1954. Thousands of families visited each year until the 1950s, when gasoline for cars became more available, and people began vacationing elsewhere. The park was owned and operated originally by the Grand Rapids Street Railway Company, and also after it became the Grand Rapids Motor Coach Company. It featured attractions such as the Jack Rabbit Derby Racer roller coaster, merry-go-round, fun house, mystic chutes, Ferris wheel, bumper cars, rocket swings and a miniature train. The park also included the Ramona Theatre which hosted vaudeville shows, musicals, silent film shorts, and favorite local and national entertainers. Ramona Gardens was initially a dance hall which, in the late 1930s, hosted the best of the big bands, and in 1942, became a roller skating rink.