Pleasure Island art print amusement theme park Wakefield MA carnival decor gift

Description: Pleasure Island Amusement Park Wakefield, MA Nostalgic view of the road sign to Pleasure Island Amusement Park in Wakefield, Mass from an original watercolor painting by the Artist, William B. MacGregor Jr., who is known in the New England area as the Junkyard Artist. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pleasure Island was an 80 acre theme amusement park located in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The park, billed as the "Disneyland of the Northeast", was in business from 1959 to 1969. At its inception, it was the largest man-made tourist attraction in New England, expected to host over 1,200,000 visitors each summer season. Begun by William Hawkes of Gloucester, publisher of Child Life magazine, Pleasure Island pioneered a new concept: entertainment blended with education. Among the attractions were a Moby Dick Ride, the Old Smoky Line (featuring a 18-ton narrow gauge steam locomotive), a Pirate Ride, Horseless Carriage Rides, gold panning, stage coaches, and burro rides. Education attractions included “Breck’s Old Country Store,” the Wayside Grist Mill, Friend’s Baked Beanery, Cap’n Snow’s Chowder House, the H.P. Hood & Sons Gay Nineties Ice Cream parlor and the Pepsi-Cola-sponsored Goldspan Gulch soft drink emporium. Today, the land formerly occupied by the park is now Edgewater Office Park and Reedy Meadow Conservation Land. · Rendering of Pleasure Island Amusement Park in Wakefield, MA · Free shipping (USA only) Art print · The art print is printed on high gloss photo paper. · Mounted in a beveled double mat · Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 8” or 10” or 11” x 14” frame. · Mat is signed by the artist. Artist Statement My painting technique incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting techniques including ruling pens, Leroy, inking the drawing and then completing it using watercolors, acrylics and gouache. Originals and prints of my watercolors are now part of private collections throughout the United States, and foreign countries.

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