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Metadata
Title |
Storytown USA color sketchboard |
Collection |
ADKX Library: Manuscript Collection |
Object Name |
Drawing, Architectural |
Scope & Content |
This sketchboard shows the Storytown USA theme park in Queensbury, NY. Storytown USA was the original name of Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor theme park. The park was created and owned by Charley Wood, who hired artist and theme park designer Arto Monaco to design portions of Storytown USA. It is difficult to know when this board was originally created, but we can see that it was updated up until around 1998, the year that the Alpine Bobsled rollercoaster opened at the park. Revisions to the park's layout are pasted onto the board in layers. |
Catalog Number |
2021.066.0002 |
Creator |
Monaco, Arto |
Other Creators |
Wood, Charley |
Year Range from |
1957 |
Year Range to |
1998 |
Dates of Creation |
c. 1957 - 1998 |
Extent of Description |
color ink and pencil on paperboard, 40" x 30" |
Physical characteristics |
Revisions are pasted onto the board in layers, which are prone to peeling away. Be very careful when handling. |
Search Terms |
Great Escape (Queensbury, N.Y).; Monaco, Arto, 1913-2003.; Theme parks; |
Access Conditions |
Access is unrestricted. |
Copyrights |
Fair use copy permitted for research, study, or investigational purposes citing the Adirondack Experience. Any other use requires written permission. |
Imagefile |
213\20210660002.JPG |
Related units of description |
2021.066.0001: Storytown USA sketchboard MS 18-004: Arto Monaco papers Search "Objects" and "Photos" catalogues for other Arto Monaco materials |
Credit line |
Gift of Adirondack History Center Museum |