This is a lot 20 unused PLAYLAND tickets. There are 20 with two tickets on each. They are for the rides: OCTOPUS MAD MINE LIMBO AND TILT-A-WHIRL. Playland was a San Francisco treasure that closed in 1971. Many people are familiar with Laughing Sal who was in the front of the FUN HOUSE. Here is an opportunity to get a lot of original tickets for gifts etc at a great lot price. Great for repurposing or resale.
From Wikipedia:
Playland
In 1926, George Whitney became general manager of the growing complex of seaside attractions and changed the name to Playland-at-the-Beach, also sometimes known as Whitney's at the Beach. Although the attractions continued to be operated as independent concessionaires, during the late 1920s and 1930s, especially during the Depression when concessions began to fail, George and Leo began to purchase the attractions outright. The Whitneys bought the roller coaster in 1936 and the merry-go-round in 1942.[Playland took up three city blocks and, in 1934, the Midway had 14 rides, 25 concessions, and 4 restaurants besides Topsy's Roost.
Although Playland's attractions originally sat upon leased land, the Whitneys eventually purchased the land beneath Playland, as well as several adjacent lots for future expansion. In 1937, George Whitney, Sr. purchased the then-vacant Cliff House from the Sutro estate and reopened it as an upscale roadhouse that same year.] George Whitney was called “The Barnum of the Golden Gate” as he went on to buy up the concessions and even bought the Sutro Baths in 1952. He bought out his brother in 1952 and continued to operate the area on his own until his death in 1958.
Despite this expansion, the post-war years saw the tearing down of the Shoot the Chutes in 1950 and the Big Dipper in 1955, and after George Whitney died in 1958, Playland was never quite the same. For a while after George Whitney's death, Playland was operated by his son, George K. Whitney, Jr. and then by Bob Frazier. It was eventually sold to Jeremy Ets-Hokin (a millionaire developer) in 1971 and torn down on September 4, 1972.[8] Condominiums were built on the Playland property, and a permanent art project commemorating Playland was installed in 1996.
Condition: All of the tickets are unused (SEE PHOTOS).
Size: The tickets measure 3" x 3"
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