Sign, Informational

Object number2016.76.12

MediumMatboard; ink

Credit LineGift of Palace Entertainment

DescriptionGold matboard sign with red and blue lettering and designed to resemble a PA historic marker.DimensionsHeight x Width: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
InscriptionsOn front: "BE PART OF / HISTORY! / Kennywood / WILL BE OPEN AFTER LABOR DAY / FOR THE FIRST (AND LAST!) TIME. [Last underlined] / SAT., SEPT 12 / NO TICKETS SOLD SEPT. 12 / NOON TO 7:00 / (TO HOST THE SUMMER MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL / ASSOCIATION OF AMUSEMENT PARKS AND ATTRACTIONS.) / RIDE~ALL~DAY...$8.00 / ONLY IN ADVANCE / AVAILABLE HERE / ONLY 5,000 WILL BE SOLD! / NO REFUNDS--NO RAIN CHECKS"

On back is stamped: "13" and "669009"
MarksOn back: Crescent Quality Boards
Historical NotesLarge collection of material covering the history of Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pa., that was transferred to the Heinz History Center along with an extensive set of archival holdings dating back to the earliest years of the park’s existence. The object portion of the collection primarily dates from the 1940s through the 2000s, and includes wooden and metal signs and wayfinding materials, advertising graphics, chalkware carnival prizes, three-dimensional park maps, ticket boxes and scales, some display props, including a woman’s head from Le Cachot, a costume of Kenny the Kangaroo, some T-shirts and uniform items worn by park personnel, small advertising items and park novelties, buttons, and other park incidentals. The objects document both the general history of the park and the experiences of the people who worked there, documenting Kennywood’s long role as a source of summer employment for generations of high school and college students in the Pittsburgh region.

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