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Shooting Gallery Patent No. 399604 by B. Dufner and E.F. Reiner

Three part plan of Fort Saint John on Bayou Saint John. At the right is an illustration of the state of the fort at the time of the drawing. At the left is an illustration of what the fort would look like after expansion. At the top is a cross…

Shooting Gallery Patent No. 162149 by C. Buckner Jr.

Copy of black-and-white photograph of Spanish Fort from the lake, on a summer's day

Aerial view showing Spanish Fort and Bayou St. John areas as they appeared in 1922. The recently-installed Big Dipper roller coaster (scenic railway) is shown in Spanish Fort Park.

View s howing the Spanish Fort Bath House and adjacent water slide as they appeared on 26 August 1922

View showing the midway at Spanish Fort Park. Entrances to the Frolic, which was introduced in 1921, and the Whip, which was introduced in 1919 are visible but the rides themselves are not shown.

Exterior view of Spanish Fort Park, showing a fee-based parking lot and the Big Dipper roller coaster (also known as Big Dipper scenic railway). The New Orleans Roller Coaster Company built the Big Dipper in 1921 at a cost of $50,000. The ride…

Stock image of a twentieth century shooting gallery

Shooting Gallery Patent No. 191345 by D.W. Hoshall