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Hersheypark…A Happy Experience | May 7, 1972

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Phase I Opens. Printed on May 7, 1972, in The Patriot-News, was a special features section all about the grand opening of the new Hersheypark (although it was renamed a year earlier in 1971). Below was the front page of that section which displays one of the first prominent appearances of the Hersheypark pinwheel logo. …

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Hersheypark on the Bicentennial

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Here’s an advertisement printed on July 4, 1976, from the construction services companies that worked for Hersheypark during the the 1970s renovations. They were congratulating Hersheypark on its 70th anniversary. The construction services companies seen here are: H.B. Alexander & Son, Inc., Kimbob, Inc., G.R. Sponaugle & Sons, Inc., and John B. Minnich & Son, …

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