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Creatore's Italian band performed during the opening week at the theater and Liberati's band performed for a month.<ref name="extended" /> | Creatore's Italian band performed during the opening week at the theater and Liberati's band performed for a month.<ref name="extended" /> W.W. Prosser of Columbus returned to manage the theater for another season.<ref>''The Columbus Sunday Dispatch.'' 2 April 1905. Pg. 6.</ref> | ||
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| Leadership | Joseph W. Dusenbury, president Will J. Dusenbury, manager The Olentangy Park Company |
|---|---|
| New Attractions | Fair Japan Japanese Village |
| Theater Manager | W.W. Prosser |
The Olentangy Park, Theater, and Zoological Garden opened for the 1905 season on Sunday, May 14, 1905.[1] Creatore's Italian band performed during the opening week at the theater.[2]
Park Improvements
For ride and attraction changes, see the Rides and Attraction section
To make room for the growth of the zoo (see rides and attractions), the park grounds were extended to Doddridge Street and the meadowlands on each side of the Glen Echo Run [published as "the river"] were added and beautified. More electric lights were strung over the grounds and along the river. Arches of incandescent lights were also added.[2]
Rides and Attractions
New Fair Japan
Main Article: Fair Japan
Park manager J. W. Dusenbury contracted Kushibiki Yumindo [published as Umeto Kushibiki] to build a Japanese Village exhibit on 4 acres at the park, just north of the Figure Eight Toboggan, replacing the Miniature Railway. Kushibiki built and equipped the "Fair Japan" on the Pike at the Saint Louis World's Fair. The attraction was a representation of the Imperial Gardens in Tokyo, Japan, and featured the iconic Banzai Bridge, stream, and fountains. It also included a "typical Japanese home" with a family living in the structure; an open stage with continuous performances by Japanese actors, tumblers, and jugglers; a bazaar; and tea houses staffed by Japanese women in costumes, where parkgoers could drink tea from porcelain cups.[1][2] The staff, performers, etc. were probably a mix of races and ethnicities but dressed and performed in the representational ways of the time period.
Kushibiki worked with 8-15 other contractors from Japan starting in January 1905 with planned completion by May 10, a few days prior to the park's opening.[1]
New Greenhouses
Main Article: Floral Conservatory
Three new Greenhouses were built south of the pheasant cages and were stocked with plants of the California and Ohio exhibits of the Saint Louis World's Fair.[2]
Zoo
Main Article: Zoological Garden
Dusenbury purchased much of the Hagenback Animal Show, exhibited at the Saint Louis World's Fair, increasing the size of the Zoo for the 1905 season. The new animals included four sea lions, a rare sloth bear, a number of pheasants, pelicans, white and black swans, storks, cranes, seagulls, geese from the Straits of Magellan, and other aquatic birds. They were housed in open cages at the south end of the park. The elk and deer were moved from the east side to the south end of the park grounds.[2]
Other Rides and Attractions
- Baby Rack
- Bathing Pavilion
- Boathouse
- Bowling alleys
- Castle Mystic
- Circle Swing
- Colonnade
- Crystal Maze
- Down and Out
- Ferris Wheel
- Figure Eight Toboggan
- Floral Conservatory
- House That Jack Built
- Laughing Gallery
- Merry-Go-Round
- Miniature Railway
- Museum of Ornithology
- Ye Olde Mill
- Palace of Illusions
- Penny Arcade
- Shooting Gallery
- Swings
- Zoological Garden
Olentangy Park Theater
Main Article: Olentangy Park Casino and Theater
The Dusenbury Brothers traveled to New York in February to book the vaudeville attractions for the season. Creatore's Italian band performed during the opening week at the theater and Liberati's band performed for a month.[2]
Music
Creatore's Italian band performed during the opening week at the theater and Liberati's band performed for a month.[2] W.W. Prosser of Columbus returned to manage the theater for another season.[3]
Outdoor Performances and Stunts
Activities
- Baseball
- Bathing
- Billiards
- Boating
- Bowling - All year activity
- Dancing
- Dining and Refreshments
- Football
- General Games
- Picnics
- Pony Rides
- Swimming