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Magic Carpet Fun House
Coney Island
The Magic Carpet Fun House was one of many attractions at Coney Island in the early- to mid-20th century. Located at 1501 Bowery and West 15th Street, the attraction was run by Edie and Seymour Maxim, who also ran the Donkey Game next-door. On the other side of the Magic Carpet Fun House was the Tunnel of Laughs and opposite these was the Thunderbolt Roller Coaster.
It opened somewhere between 1925-1941, and like many of these types of attractions, it is poorly documented and most information comes from oral records.
The fun house attraction was a common style of facility found at amusement parks and fun fairs of the time. There were indoor structures with wacky and whimsical atmospheres intended to surprise and entertain guests. They are typically self-guided, and feature various interactive elements, such as funhouse mirrors, physical and optical distortions, dark mazes, and obstacle courses.
Most accounts of this one found at Coney Island focus mainly on the “Laughing Lady” and the namesake slide which led the guest out of the building.
The Laughing Lady
Also going by Minnie Ha Ha, this audio-animatronic figure stood outside the attraction, and appears to have left a lasting impression in the minds of generations of visitors.
- “’HA HA HA.’ It could be heard from a distance and children especially loved her and liked to imitate her laugh.” — Taty Alicea
- “The cackling sound of the lady laughing was a big part of my Coney Island. You heard her laugh, and that was the whole key to Coney Island.” — Lenny Goodstein
- Here are some more great oral histories of the figure!
The Laughing Lady was in-fact one of many similar animatronics that could be found throughout the country during this period. They were produced by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC), and this particular model was known as Laffing Sal. It was a 6ft, 10in papier-mâché figure of a woman on a 12in pedestal. It would wave its arms and lean forward at the waist. There was also a record player hidden within the pedestal, which played recording of a woman’s laugh on 78-rpm phonographs. The base model featured a set appearance of an artificial wig and missing tooth. The purchaser could customises them with their their own clothing and hats. In the images above, the first Laffing Sal image is the preserved version that was found at Coney Island, while the following two are of the model found at San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique.
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Image Sources
Magic Carpet Fun House ticket, front | SRNY Collection
Magic Carpet Fun House ticket, back | SRNY Collection
Map, Geographica Maps via Forgotten-NY, 1938 | Source
Magic Carpet Fun House building, front | Source
Magic Carpet Fun House building, side, 1969 | Source
Coney Island’s Laughing Lady / Minnie Ha Ha | Source
Laffing Sal at the Musée Mécanique in San Francisco, close-up | Source
Laffing Sal at the Musée Mécanique in San Francisco, full | Source
Coney Island, Fun House interior, c.1970s | Source
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The Eau Claire Dance Festival is happening tomorrow,
Friday, January 26th, 2017
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Forage (930 Galloway St. Building 13 Suite 212 Eau Claire)Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.forageeauclaire.com
Go out there and support the arts and the artists who create them!
Emily Emerson is the founder and director of Eau Claire Dance Festival, and will be dancing in Incandescence. She is currently a senior at St. Olaf College where she studies dance and history. After graduation, she plans to continue to develop Eau Claire Dance Festival, and also has aspirations to attend law school.
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The Eau Claire Dance Festival is happening tomorrow,
Friday, January 26th, 2017
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Forage (930 Galloway St. Building 13 Suite 212 Eau Claire)
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.forageeauclaire.com
Go out there and support the arts and the artists who create them!
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✨ B.I 1st Fan Meeting [B.I OFFLINE]
LIVE STREAMING TICKET TUTORIAL
hello! this is a tutorial on how to purchase a ticket for the live stream taking place on 2022.04.30 at 7pm KST for the fan meeting!
step one:
click the link provided on the 131online tweet (it is currently the pinned tweet). This will take you to the hosting website for the event
step two: on the right side of the page it will show the different packages available. Once you have decided on a package please click the “PURCHASE” button that is circled below in the photo
step 3: a message will pop up and say something like the photo below. Click the red button that says “sign in”
step 4: it will then direct you to the sign in page, to create an account if you do not have one already, click the “hellolive join membership” button. I circled it in the photo below :)
step 5: please enter the information it asks of you including email information, a password for your account, and some basic information about yourself
step 6: once your account is created, use that information on the previous “sign in” page and it should redirect you back to hanbin’s fan meeting page. follow step 2, click the package you want to purchase and follow the purchase information.
step 7: congrats you have a ticket!! once you receive the confirmation page that you have purchased your ticket, check your email to make sure you have purchased the ticket!
step 8: when the live stream starts just click the button, the red button shown below that says “Ener LIVE”
I hope this was helpful and if you have any questions please send an ask to this blog or to @konjoong and we can assist you the best we can!
Three Days Grace 18.9. 2014 Berlin, DE
My memorabilia on unforgettable great concert in Berlin.
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Dnes do divadla na ‘Past na myši’. Uvidím ji už podruhé. Je to však už nějaká doba, co js
Past na myši - 2.9. 2020 Plzeň
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Commission for da0krager on Deviantart.
Golden Ticket! She’s really cute~
April 2nd, 2013
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