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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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A job worse than an elevator operator?
I don't believe we have seen the "Dippsy-Doodle" amusement ride on nla.
"Amusement park in Venice, Los Angeles, California, April 1942."
vintageeveryday
This is a great photograph. I like the people milling about in the forground. . .the man eating caramel corn. . .the baby looking at the photographer.
One thing , in particular , caught my eye. . .if you look closely, the ride operator is on the ride! (he's in the middle of the orb)
He must be manipulating some sort of a spinning mechanism.
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I imagine when he goes home at night it feels like his bedroom is spinning! 
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That contraption looks pretty flimsy. Did patrons get into by ladder?
Since he is in the center of spin, the operator would probably feel minimal centrifugal force. However if the thing also tilts as it spins, that could produce dizziness. Was this Venice amusement park the earlier version of Pacific Ocean Park in the same location? When I visited POP in the early '60s there was no Dipsey Doodle but just a large spinning cylinder ride that tilted as it spinned. It looked like a giant cake baking pan. It had room for maybe 30 riders. The operator was outside. The ride produced a pretty big centrifugal force that held you against the outer edge even as it tilted 30 or 40 degrees.