City - Cincinnati OH - Tickle me 1909 - Side by Side
by Mike Savad
Title
City - Cincinnati OH - Tickle me 1909 - Side by Side
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1909
Original title: The Tickler
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: Chester Park, Spring Grove Avenue & Mitchell Ave, Cincinnati, OH
I believe this was created before roller coasters were invented, or on that cusp of when they were invented.
This was the Tickler, you sat in a large round cup with a rubber bumper on the outside, sat on velvet seats, a brass rail on top, and no other barriers. The cup had large metal casters on it, and the table was slanted. You would ride up to the top like you would a roller coaster, then just drop down the sides like a human Pachinko machine.
The original version had tighter loops with no breathing time. I can only assume there was a lawsuit.
The ride was something a park can buy and have built, in this case, Chester Park. They were all carbon copies but all had different colorations'. I was able to find 6 postcards, each different. And though they showed this ride in this park as green and white. Those colors looked boring to me. Since they probably had to repaint it often, I would think they would want something bright enough to be noticed, something eye catching, but not too much.
That sign on top, I was able to find that sign on someone's mini golf course he was building. It was pretty similar to that. I'm not sure why they called it the tickler, I guess it could be because broken ribs were funny maybe? Or perhaps hitting your funny bone was the reason. Or being tickled pink laughing at them screaming.. who knows.
As I colored this, I found what looked like a pair of wooden boats on the copula by the lamp post. I colored them as boats, they look like placed toys. I can't imagine what else they could be. There are also two people staring at the camera with a menacing look. One of them appears to be an undertaker, you can choose which that is.
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October 27th, 2021
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