The Wiener Riesenrad
The Wiener Riesenrad (German for aViennese Giant Wheel'), or Riesenrad is a Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. It was one of the earliest Ferris wheels, erected in 1897 to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef I's Golden Jubilee. The designer was an Englishman, Walter Bassett
Picture No
10291248
Media ID
46557938
Size
2920px x 4704px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1920s
