“Joyland for a Day” is an event designed to remember the onetime amusement park. It happens Sunday at Carousel Skate Center.
Joyland has been closed for more than a decade, but this week, its land will be auctioned off.
FILE A child enjoys her ride on the Joyland carousel in 2006.
Former Joyland owner Stanley Nelson told stories of the amusement park’s golden years in 2009.
An early photo of the newly built roller coaster at Joyland. The amusement park first opened in 1949.
For decades, Joyland’s Louie the Clown played the Wurlitzer Style 160 “Mammoth” Military Band Organ.
This sign greeted park customers at the entrance of Joyland on South Hillside. (June 25, 2012)
The Historic Preservation Alliance of Wichita and Sedgwick County bought the Joyland entrance sign and plan to restore it. The sign features neon light animation of two clowns.
Eugene Sawyer and Emory Fowler enjoy the roller coaster at Joyland in 1992.
For decades, Joyland’s Louie the Clown played the Wurlitzer Style 160 “Mammoth” Military Band Organ. The Wichita amusement park closed in 2006.
Paul Young, (left) and Sam Hughes of San Antonio, Tex., both members of the Roller Coaster Enthusiasts of America, raise their arms for the drop ahead as they enjoy the view from the highest point of the Joyland Park roller coaster in 1989.
Boeing employees ride the Joyland roller coaster in 2000.
The roller coaster at Joyland remains as one of the favorite rides for those that visit the park in the summer.
Structural upgrades to the Joyland roller coaster were made in 1980.
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