The Great Hereafter - Revision history

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:21, 31 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l12">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An "amusement device" called [[The Great Hereafter]]<ref name="zoo">"Opening of Zoo." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' May 7, 1905. Page 6.</ref> that opened at Olentangy Park in [[1906 Season|1906]].<ref>"Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 15, 1906. Page 7.</ref><ref name="zoo2">"The Columbus Zoo." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' May 21, 1905. Page 7.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-marion-star-the-opening-of-olentangy/161648170/ "The Opening of Olentangy Park."] ''The Marion Star (Marion, Ohio).'' April 28, 1906. Page 10. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref> It was a '''Creation''' exhibition designed by Henry Roltair.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>An "amusement device" called [[The Great Hereafter]]<ref name="zoo">"Opening of Zoo." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' May 7, 1905. Page 6.</ref> that opened at Olentangy Park in [[1906 Season|1906]].<ref>"Olentangy Park Opens on April 29." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' April 15, 1906. Page 7.</ref><ref name="zoo2">"The Columbus Zoo." ''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' May 21, 1905. Page 7.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-marion-star-the-opening-of-olentangy/161648170/ "The Opening of Olentangy Park."] ''The Marion Star (Marion, Ohio).'' April 28, 1906. Page 10. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref> It was a '''Creation''' exhibition designed by Henry Roltair.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The exhibition 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" /> It was described as being similar to the one produced at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and had "great scenic and mechanical effects and [carried] a company of 50 people."<ref name="zoo2" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The exhibition opened at the nearby Columbus Zoological Garden in 1905<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="anniversary">Rodgers, Mary. "[The Columbus Zoological Company." ''[https://irp.cdn-website.com/10de509c/files/uploaded/175th_Anniversary_Magazine-Complete-0d17bf64.pdf Clintonville 175th Anniversary Magazine 1847-2022]'' Published by the Clintonville Historical Society. Published in 2022. Pages 13-15.</ref> </ins>and was described as having "many novel features in illusion, magic, and black art."<ref name="zoo" /> It was described as being similar to the one produced at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and had "great scenic and mechanical effects and [carried] a company of 50 people."<ref name="zoo2" /></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pages 29-30. The book misspells his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pages 29-30. The book misspells his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Updated SEO</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:45, 3 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l16">Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pages 29-30. The book misspells his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pages 29-30. The book misspells his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>William Reynolds bought the ride and installed a sped-up, improved version that famously featured a 24-foot white plaster statue of a bare-breasted woman at Dreamland at Coney Island, New York.<ref name="lost" /> In this version, audiences went through a towering entrance into a cool, dark chamber where they would fill small rowboats on a metal track. The panoramas showed "primitive life and reconstructions of grand natural landmarks." Some of the scenes displayed biblical scenes of ancient Egypt and the Israelites. The boats would "land," and the audience would disembark to walk around, viewing Roltair's illusions as they climbed to the top floor of the building. Once there, the audience could see the full exhibit and see that the motion they felt in the boats was imaginary&mdash;the walls moved while the boats remained stationary. After the reveal, the audience saw panoramic views of Italian cities and finally, an overwhelming scene of Earth's creation. They witnessed each of the seven days described in Genesis of the Old Testament through mobile, mechanized scenery that was moved on and off the stage, creating a sense of movement.<ref>Gillon, Adelyn. [https://artfuldeceptions.wixsite.com/home/about3 "Rotair's Creation and Panoramas of the 19th Century."] Hoaxes! Hucksters! & Artful Deceptions.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>William Reynolds bought the ride and installed a sped-up, improved version that famously featured a 24-foot white plaster statue of a bare-breasted woman at Dreamland at Coney Island, New York.<ref name="lost" /> In this version, audiences went through a towering entrance into a cool, dark chamber where they would fill small rowboats on a metal track. The panoramas showed "primitive life and reconstructions of grand natural landmarks." Some of the scenes displayed biblical scenes of ancient Egypt and the Israelites. The boats would "land," and the audience would disembark to walk around, viewing Roltair's illusions as they climbed to the top floor of the building. Once there, the audience could see the full exhibit and see that the motion they felt in the boats was imaginary&mdash;the walls moved while the boats remained stationary. After the reveal, the audience saw panoramic views of Italian cities and finally, an overwhelming scene of Earth's creation. They witnessed each of the seven days described in Genesis of the Old Testament through mobile, mechanized scenery that was moved on and off the stage, creating a sense of movement.<ref>Gillon, Adelyn. [https://artfuldeceptions.wixsite.com/home/about3 "Rotair's Creation and Panoramas of the 19th Century."] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>Hoaxes! Hucksters! & Artful Deceptions.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins></ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similarly named attractions at Athletic Park<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [http://lostamusementparks.napha.org/Articles/NewYork/CarnivalCourtPark-BuffaloNY.html "Athletic Park, Luna Park, Carnival Court Park - Buffalo N.Y. 1904 - 1918."] ''National Amusement Park Historical Association.'' Accessed on July 29, 2022.</ref> depicted Heaven and Hell, and also 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."<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [https://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/dreamland.htm "Coney Island - Dreamland."] ''Westland Network.'' Last modified April 6, 1998. Accessed on July 26, 2022.</ref> Similar attractions at other parks were towering three to five stories high. However, Olentangy Park's version was likely one to two stories with an elaborate front entrance.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similarly named attractions at Athletic Park<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [http://lostamusementparks.napha.org/Articles/NewYork/CarnivalCourtPark-BuffaloNY.html "Athletic Park, Luna Park, Carnival Court Park - Buffalo N.Y. 1904 - 1918."] ''National Amusement Park Historical Association.'' Accessed on July 29, 2022.</ref> depicted Heaven and Hell, and also 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."<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [https://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/dreamland.htm "Coney Island - Dreamland."] ''Westland Network.'' Last modified April 6, 1998. Accessed on July 26, 2022.</ref> Similar attractions at other parks were towering three to five stories high. However, Olentangy Park's version was likely one to two stories with an elaborate front entrance.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l38">Line 38:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 38:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|description=An exhibit called The Great Hereafter that opened at Olentangy Park in 1906. It was a Creation exhibition designed by Henry Roltair.}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|description=An exhibit called The Great Hereafter that opened at Olentangy Park in 1906. It was a Creation exhibition designed by Henry Roltair.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|keywords=Creation, The Great Hereafter, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Olentangy Park </del>Columbus<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Columbus amusement park, amusement park</del>, Clintonville<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, defunct amusement park, dark ride, water ride</del>}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{#seo:|keywords=Creation, The Great Hereafter<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Henry Roltair, Roltair, Roltaire</ins>, Olentangy Park, Olentangy Amusement Park, Columbus, Clintonville}}</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:27, 17 November 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The exhibition 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" /> It was described as being similar to the one produced at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and had "great scenic and mechanical effects and [carried] a company of 50 people."<ref name="zoo2" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The exhibition 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" /> It was described as being similar to the one produced at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and had "great scenic and mechanical effects and [carried] a company of 50 people."<ref name="zoo2" /></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Page </del>29-30. The book misspells his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston's Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pages </ins>29-30. The book misspells his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>William Reynolds bought the ride and installed a sped-up, improved version that famously featured a 24-foot white plaster statue of a bare-breasted woman at Dreamland at Coney Island, New York.<ref name="lost" /> In this version, audiences went through a towering entrance into a cool, dark chamber where they would fill small rowboats on a metal track. The panoramas showed "primitive life and reconstructions of grand natural landmarks." Some of the scenes displayed biblical scenes of ancient Egypt and the Israelites. The boats would "land," and the audience would disembark to walk around, viewing Roltair's illusions as they climbed to the top floor of the building. Once there, the audience could see the full exhibit and see that the motion they felt in the boats was imaginary&mdash;the walls moved while the boats remained stationary. After the reveal, the audience saw panoramic views of Italian cities and finally, an overwhelming scene of Earth's creation. They witnessed each of the seven days described in Genesis of the Old Testament through mobile, mechanized scenery that was moved on and off the stage, creating a sense of movement.<ref>Gillon, Adelyn. [https://artfuldeceptions.wixsite.com/home/about3 "Rotair's Creation and Panoramas of the 19th Century."] Hoaxes! Hucksters! & Artful Deceptions.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>William Reynolds bought the ride and installed a sped-up, improved version that famously featured a 24-foot white plaster statue of a bare-breasted woman at Dreamland at Coney Island, New York.<ref name="lost" /> In this version, audiences went through a towering entrance into a cool, dark chamber where they would fill small rowboats on a metal track. The panoramas showed "primitive life and reconstructions of grand natural landmarks." Some of the scenes displayed biblical scenes of ancient Egypt and the Israelites. The boats would "land," and the audience would disembark to walk around, viewing Roltair's illusions as they climbed to the top floor of the building. Once there, the audience could see the full exhibit and see that the motion they felt in the boats was imaginary&mdash;the walls moved while the boats remained stationary. After the reveal, the audience saw panoramic views of Italian cities and finally, an overwhelming scene of Earth's creation. They witnessed each of the seven days described in Genesis of the Old Testament through mobile, mechanized scenery that was moved on and off the stage, creating a sense of movement.<ref>Gillon, Adelyn. [https://artfuldeceptions.wixsite.com/home/about3 "Rotair's Creation and Panoramas of the 19th Century."] Hoaxes! Hucksters! & Artful Deceptions.</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:26, 17 November 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The exhibition 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" /> It was described as being similar to the one produced at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and had "great scenic and mechanical effects and [carried] a company of 50 people."<ref name="zoo2" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The exhibition 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" /> It was described as being similar to the one produced at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and had "great scenic and mechanical effects and [carried] a company of 50 people."<ref name="zoo2" /></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Boston’s </del>Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. The book <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mispells </del>his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The original "Creation" ride was created and built by Henry Roltair (1853-1910) for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. That version was a three-hour dark ride featuring a combination of a boat ride and walking tour that "showed panoramas of the natural world and various illusions before leading them into a great central dome that had panoramic views of a representation of the six days of creation."<ref name="lost">Wilk, Stephen R. ''Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Boston's </ins>Million Dollar Amusement Park.'' Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Page 29-30</ins>. The book <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">misspells </ins>his name as Roltaire.</ref> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>William Reynolds bought the ride and installed a sped-up, improved version that famously featured a 24-foot white plaster statue of a bare-breasted woman at Dreamland at Coney Island, New York.<ref name="lost" /> In this version, audiences went through a towering entrance into a cool, dark chamber where they would fill small rowboats on a metal track. The panoramas showed "primitive life and reconstructions of grand natural landmarks." Some of the scenes displayed biblical scenes of ancient Egypt and the Israelites. The boats would "land," and the audience would disembark to walk around, viewing Roltair's illusions as they climbed to the top floor of the building. Once there, the audience could see the full exhibit and see that the motion they felt in the boats was imaginary&mdash;the walls moved while the boats remained stationary. After the reveal, the audience saw panoramic views of Italian cities and finally, an overwhelming scene of Earth's creation. They witnessed each of the seven days described in Genesis of the Old Testament through mobile, mechanized scenery that was moved on and off the stage, creating a sense of movement.<ref>Gillon, Adelyn. [https://artfuldeceptions.wixsite.com/home/about3 "Rotair's Creation and Panoramas of the 19th Century."] Hoaxes! Hucksters! & Artful Deceptions.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>William Reynolds bought the ride and installed a sped-up, improved version that famously featured a 24-foot white plaster statue of a bare-breasted woman at Dreamland at Coney Island, New York.<ref name="lost" /> In this version, audiences went through a towering entrance into a cool, dark chamber where they would fill small rowboats on a metal track. The panoramas showed "primitive life and reconstructions of grand natural landmarks." Some of the scenes displayed biblical scenes of ancient Egypt and the Israelites. The boats would "land," and the audience would disembark to walk around, viewing Roltair's illusions as they climbed to the top floor of the building. Once there, the audience could see the full exhibit and see that the motion they felt in the boats was imaginary&mdash;the walls moved while the boats remained stationary. After the reveal, the audience saw panoramic views of Italian cities and finally, an overwhelming scene of Earth's creation. They witnessed each of the seven days described in Genesis of the Old Testament through mobile, mechanized scenery that was moved on and off the stage, creating a sense of movement.<ref>Gillon, Adelyn. [https://artfuldeceptions.wixsite.com/home/about3 "Rotair's Creation and Panoramas of the 19th Century."] Hoaxes! Hucksters! & Artful Deceptions.</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:04, 6 November 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l20">Line 20:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 20:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similarly named attractions at Athletic Park<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [http://lostamusementparks.napha.org/Articles/NewYork/CarnivalCourtPark-BuffaloNY.html "Athletic Park, Luna Park, Carnival Court Park - Buffalo N.Y. 1904 - 1918."] ''National Amusement Park Historical Association.'' Accessed on July 29, 2022.</ref> depicted Heaven and Hell, and also 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."<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [https://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/dreamland.htm "Coney Island - Dreamland."] ''Westland Network.'' Last modified April 6, 1998. Accessed on July 26, 2022.</ref> Similar attractions at other parks were towering three to five stories high. However, Olentangy Park's version was likely one to two stories with an elaborate front entrance.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Similarly named attractions at Athletic Park<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [http://lostamusementparks.napha.org/Articles/NewYork/CarnivalCourtPark-BuffaloNY.html "Athletic Park, Luna Park, Carnival Court Park - Buffalo N.Y. 1904 - 1918."] ''National Amusement Park Historical Association.'' Accessed on July 29, 2022.</ref> depicted Heaven and Hell, and also 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."<ref>Stanton, Jeffrey. [https://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/dreamland.htm "Coney Island - Dreamland."] ''Westland Network.'' Last modified April 6, 1998. Accessed on July 26, 2022.</ref> Similar attractions at other parks were towering three to five stories high. However, Olentangy Park's version was likely one to two stories with an elaborate front entrance.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It </del>most likely only operated for one season.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Great Hereafter </ins>most likely only operated <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at Olentangy Park </ins>for one season.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Related Patents ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Related Patents ==</div></td></tr> </table>

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