Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
“The animals that went to the Calgary Zoo, it was the big alligator and it was in a big box that looked like a coffin, and there was […]
Bingo is here having fun with one of the games set up during the early days of West Coast Amusements, a spinning wheel betting game.
“The first ride that dad got was little carousel (a cute little merry-go-round). They started small with the rides, gradually added onto to the rides. Then along came […]
“The winters were tough for them, Jackie always said, very tough. There wasn’t a lot of money in the business at that time, so Bingo would sell pots […]
A sparse amount of people around this 1960s carnival. This is from around the time carnival shows had to change to keep the public’s interest.
Not many people are around at this midway, showing the demise of one era and the dawn of a new era.
The carousel has always been a staple at the carnival and still is today.
This is a roller coaster with sudden turns and sharp drops.
This ‘Human-Fly’ ride is the same concept as the Rotor ride. People are stuck to the walls from the centrifugal force of the large fast spinning drum.
This ride spins around with people riding the buckets attached by lines, this allows the ‘scooter’ to sway back and forth while riding.
Title reads ‘Coney Island, N.Y., 1914.’ Black and white photo of a crowded carnival midway. Caption reads ‘Carrousel builder W.F. Mangels invents a new ride THE WHIP.’ Black […]
“I remember there was a meat market called Eddie Jones’ Meat Market, not too far from Jackie and Bingo’s house. And so, I didn’t know the Hausers at […]
