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There was a new "amusement device" called [["Creation or The Great Hereafter"]]<ref name="zoo">"Opening of Zoo." ''Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 7 May 1907. Pg. 6.</ref> that opened at Olentangy Park in 1906.<ref>"Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 15 April 1906. Pg. 7.</ref>
There was a new "amusement device" called "[[Creation or The Great Hereafter]]"<ref name="zoo">"Opening of Zoo." ''Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 7 May 1907. Pg. 6.</ref> that opened at Olentangy Park in 1906.<ref>"Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' 15 April 1906. Pg. 7.</ref>


The production opened at the nearby Columbus Zoological Garden in 1905 and was described as having "many novel features in illusion, magic, and black art."<ref name="zoo" />
The production opened at the nearby Columbus Zoological Garden in 1905 and was described as having "many novel features in illusion, magic, and black art."<ref name="zoo" />

Revision as of 17:11, 9 April 2023

Creation or The Great Hereafter
Other Name(s) The Hereafter
Type Exhibition
Park Section Unknown
Opened 1906
Closed Unknown

There was a new "amusement device" called "Creation or The Great Hereafter"[1] that opened at Olentangy Park in 1906.[2]

The production opened at the nearby Columbus Zoological Garden in 1905 and was described as having "many novel features in illusion, magic, and black art."[1]

Similarly named attractions at Atheltic Park[3] depicted Heaven and Hell and at Dreamland was an electric opera that showed the destruction of the world by fire and "the Biblical epic, using a chorus of 200 singers, showed the Damnation of Faust and the Salvation of Marguerite in detail."[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Opening of Zoo." Columbus Sunday Dispatch. 7 May 1907. Pg. 6.
  2. "Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 15 April 1906. Pg. 7.
  3. Stanton, Jeffrey. "Athletic Park, Luna Park, Carnival Court Park - Buffalo N.Y. 1904 - 1918." National Amusement Park Historical Association. Accessed 29 July 2022. http://lostamusementparks.napha.org/Articles/NewYork/CarnivalCourtPark-BuffaloNY.html
  4. Stanton, Jeffrey. "Coney Island - Dreamland." Westland Network. Revised 6 April 1998. Accessed 29 July 2022.