Title	Tennessee Centennial Ride
Description	Photograph featuring the Giant See-Saw, a very popular attraction located in the midway of Vanity Fair at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. This shot taken from a nearby hill shows Spain's Palace of Illusions (Mirror Maze) on the left and the Old Vienna Restaurant on the right. The cabins were transported from East Tennessee and were equipped with a functioning moonshine still. Other Centennial buildings that appear in the background are the Hygiene and Education Building, the Commerce Building, a bit of the Parthenon, and in the far distance appears the Memphis Building (Pyramid of Cheops). The Gerst Brewing Company maintained a number of stations on the premises. The advertisement appearing in the image credits them with the best beer and the best meals on the grounds.
Historical note	This steel attraction was invented by a Nashville company and had the capacity to hoist twenty people in each of its two cars to an excess of 208 feet. The cost of the first ride on the See-Saw was twenty-five cents; additional rides were a dime.
Date	1897
Place	Nashville (Tenn.)
Creator	Wiles, Marvin Willard, ca. 1883-1957
Collection name	Wiles Photographic Collection, 1896-1910
Education Tags	5.38 1897 Centennial Exposition Progressive Era Rise of Industrial America
Subjects-LC	Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition (1897 : Nashville, Tenn.)
Subjects-TGM	Centennial celebrations Exhibitions Anniversaries Commemorations Events Festivals Fairs Amusement rides Exhibition buildings
Accession number	THS 682
Owning institution	Tennessee Historical Society
ID#	33182
Digital type	Still Image
Digital format	Image/jp2
Collection finding aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/wiles-photographic-collection-1896-1910
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Image dimensions	5" x 4"