Rollercoaster Collection

Long Beach, California, USA - The Pike Amusement Park
Long Beach, California, USA (with Warships on the horizon). The Pike in was a seaside amusement park on a pier and famous for its signature attraction the Cyclone Racer (pictured). Date: circa 1930s

Switchback at Blackpool
People riding the switchback, which opened in 1891, at Blackpool Amusement Park, Lancashire, England. Date: 1950s

Riders on the Belleville rollercoaster, early 19th century
Riders on the dangerous tracks of the Belleville rollercoaster. Spectators watch in fear as a young woman rides a car standing with her scarf billowing. Les Montagnes Russes a Belleville

The rollercoaster in Jardin Beaujon, Paris, 1817
The aerial walkways or rollercoaster in Beaujon Gardens, near the Barriere de Neuilly, 1817. The huge structure was built on arches like an aqueduct. Les promenades aeriennes du Jardin Baujon, 1817

Roller coasters in the Beaujon Gardens, Paris, 1817
The aerial walks or rollercoasters built in the Beaujon Gardens, 1817. Les promenades aeriennes du Jardin Beaujon. Honore de la presence de sa majeste le 2 Aout 1817. After Louis Garnerey

Cartoon by H M Bateman, of crowds queueing, big dipper ride
Cartoon illustration by H M Bateman, of crowds queueing for a big dipper rollercoaster ride. Captioned, A Crowd Effect and Festival of Empire'

Fashionable woman with speculators or agioteurs, Paris
Fashionable woman with a group of speculators or agioteurs, Paris. A one-legged Revolutionary soldier stands guard. Stock jobbing at the Palais Royal, Year VII, 1799. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

The roller coaster at Belleville, 1812
The roller coaster at Belleville with its five cars riding a distance of 600 feet in 9 or 10 seconds. A fashionable woman in plumed bonnet, shawl and parasol watches from the terrace

Rollercoaster in the Jardin Baujon, early 19th century. Fashionable society enjoying the aerial walks, with cars pulled up the central ramp before riding fast chutes to left and right

Masquerade party on the rollercoaster at the Salle de l Odeon, 1815. Fashionable society at a masked ball in the pleasure gardens, and women wearing the Swiss Bernese style

The rollercoaster at Roule, Paris, early 19th century
A gentleman helps a woman step down from a car after a descent down the rollercoaster at Roule (Place de Ternes). Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule, Paris
Roller coaster at the Barriere du Roule (Place de Ternes, Paris). Fashionable women in bonnets and shawls riding cars down the rollercoaster

A car rushes round the loop at the Switchback on the pier at Atlantic City, America. Date: 1901

The Switchback ride at the Jardin de Frascati, Le Havre, France. Date: 1846

Duke & Duchess of York, Prince of Wales, Amusements
The Duke & Duchess of York and the Prince of Wales enjoy a rollercoaster ride on the Giant Switchback at the Amusements, Wembley, May 1924. Date: 1924

Prince Albert - Princess Mary - Earls court scenic railway
Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) and Princess Victoria Mary (later Countess of Harewood - 1897-1965) riding on the Earls court scenic railway ride in 1913. Date: 1913

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - The Mall Coney Island Amusement Park
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - The Mall, Coney Island Amusement Park Date: 1929

Edinburgh Marine Gardens, Portobello, Scotland

Copenhagen, Denmark - Tivoli Gardens - Rutschbanen (Helter Skelter Ride). Date: circa 1905

The Scenic Railway at the Japan-British Exhibition, held at White City, West London. Date: 1910

The Figure of Eight Railway - National Scottish Exhibition
The Figure of Eight Railway at the National Scottish Exhibition - held at Edinburgh between May and October 1908. Date: 1908

Council Crest Amusement Park, Portland, Oregon, USA, with various mountains visible. From left to right: Mount Rainier, Mount St Helens, Mount Adams, and Mount Hood

The Spiral Railway - Franco-British Exhibition - White City, Shepherds Bush, London. Date: 1908

Topsy Turvy Railway - Crystal Palace, London. Date: circa 1902

The Scenic Railway - Franco-British Exhibition, London
The Scenic Railway - Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London Date: 1908

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