Shown is "The Rocket" roller coaster at Ocean View Amusement Park which was located on Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk. This photo was taken around 1974. Later the roller coaster was blown up while filming a movie.
Virginia Beach (Va.)--History--Pictorial works; Casinos--Virginia--Virginia Beach
Seaside Park, built in 1912 by Norfolk and Southern Railroad, extended between 31st and 33rd Streets on Virginia Beach's oceanfront. Elaborate walkways connected the railroad station with the famous Peacock Ballroom, restaurants, bathhouses, and...
Virginia Beach (Va.)--History--Pictorial works; Casinos--Virginia--Virginia Beach
Seaside Park, built in 1912 by Norfolk and Southern Railroad, extended between 31st and 33rd Streets on Virginia Beach's oceanfront. Elaborate walkways connected the railroad station with the famous Peacock Ballroom, restaurants, bathhouses, and...
Wallis E. Damon (Wally) was a longtime Virginia Beach resident and local artist who hand painted billboards, storefronts and other signage. This is a photo of a sign painted in the 1960's for Seaside Amusement Park at the Oceanfront in Virginia...
Advertising--Virginia--Norfolk; Signs and signboards--Virginia--Norfolk; Hampton Roads (Va.)--Pictorial Works
Wallis E. Damon (Wally) was a longtime Virginia Beach resident and local artist who hand painted billboards, storefronts and other signage. This is a photo of a sketch made in the 1960's for the Ocean View Amusement Park Merry Go Round.
