The Joy Zone at Panama–Pacific International Exposition with SOAKUM

Real Photo Postcard. "Crowds On The Zone, Pan-Pacific Int. Exposition, San Francisco, 1915." Originally built as an "African Dip" dunktank, the attraction featuring a giant sculpted racist facade, but was actuality something different, as an advertisement stated: “In ‘Soa Kum’ [sic] one tries to hit all kinds of heads for all kinds of prizes” and “Looks easy, but just try it.

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