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Description
Downtown Old Orchard from a Kodak Reflex camera, taken on October 4, 1948, assessing the damage from the fire the day before. A newspaper article mentioned the famous wooden roller coaster,"... looked like an oil well on fire." The area burnt was surrounded by Old Orchard Street, West Grand Avenue, Staples Street and the oceanfront. Damages from the fire totaled $250,000.
About This Item
- Title: Roller Coaster remains, Old Orchard fire, Old Orchard Beach, 1948
- Creator: A. Dayon
- Creation Date: 1948-10-04
- Subject Date: 1948-10-04
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.5 cm x 10.5 cm
- Local Code: 546K
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Amusement parks--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Amusement rides--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fire fighters--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Firefighting equipment--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fires--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Hoses
- Old Orchard Beach (Me.)--Fire 1948
- Roller coasters--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Ruins--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
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