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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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derable experi-ence with amusement projects in this territory. As the NEW RENSSELAER PARK DANCING PAVILION leased, are a dancing pavilion, pony track, figure 8, rollercoaster, Ferris wheel, boxball alleys. Hale touring car,carousel, penny arcade and vaudeville. In addition thereare several pavilions for the sale of novelties, candies, foodand soft drinks. Spiritous liquors are positively forbidden. February 29, 1908.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. The opening day of New Rensselaer Park brought18,000 people and on July 4, when the Elks gave theirannual picnic in partnership with the park people, therewere 30,000 paid admissions at 50 cents each, covering cer-tain attractions in the park. The Elks advertised the affairextensively and brought their own band. A similar ar-rangement will be made with the Shriners and other fra-ternal societies. One of the features which is expected tobring heavy business next September will be the first cele-bration of Old Home Week in Troy, beginning on Svmday,
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CROWD WATCHING FREE OPEN-AIR PERFORMANCE AT x\EW RENSSELAER PARK Sept. 5. Each day will be designated in honor of a certainclass, such as Church Day, Labor Day, Civic Day andEducational Day. THE MOVING PICTURE AND ITS POSSIBILITIES The history of the moving picture business is repletewith dramatic periods. On its face this sounds like a prettybroad statement, but it will bear close scrutiny and evendissection. The first really successful pictures were thoseof the famous Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight in Carson in 1897,only eleven years ago. Another early and successful set ofpictures was taken of the Jeffries-Sharkey fight in 1899 atConey Island. In fact, the real progress of the moving pic-ture dates from that event, for the pictures then began tocome into use to conclude vaudeville bills in many of thetheaters. The idea of a strictly moving picture show wasnot fathered, however, until about five years ago, yet to-daythere are upward of 5000 moving picture theaters ornickelodeons in Ameri

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