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Making leisure pay: street railway owned amusement parks in the United States, 1900–1925

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Shaw, D.V. Making leisure pay: street railway owned amusement parks in the United States, 1900–1925. J Cult Econ 10, 67–79 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00204579

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