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Continental Park

Guidebook

The area includes rides, a children's zoo, a gorilla compound and picnic facilities. Fairgoers may take their pick of five amusement-park rides and race small gasoline-driven "go-karts" around a 300-foot track. In a zoo tent, children may feed tame animals. Nearby, Gargantua II and M'Toto, said to be the oldest and largest gorillas in captivity, are on view in a "jungle compound." The description of this exhibit from the 1965 Official Guide Book Continental Circus occupied the site during the 1964 Season. Artist's rendering shows "Big Top" tent that would be constructed on the site. SOURCE: NY World's Fair Corporation Progress Report #5, May 17, 1962   Continental Circus entrance. SOURCE: Commercial Transparency by Photo Lab, Inc., Washington, DC