US Ceremonies - Events - Expositions - Festivals - Parades
Jul. 07, 1951 - Princess Go To The Fair: Two princesses grit their teeth, smile-slightly- and hang on right as they swoop down the first steep slope of the Festival Fun Fair Big Dipper. Sitting in front of them is their father, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who took the Princess, Beatrix, 13, and Irene, 11, to the Fair yesterday. It was their first visit to an amusement park and they made the most of it.They started with a 2 1/2-miinute trip on the Moon Rocket. Don't go too far, or too-fast, Prince Bernhard warned them as they entered the car. Then they rode from Oyster Creek to Far Tottering on the Emmott Railway, took a trip on the Ghost Train, gave a shaking up to a Lady-in-waiting who went with them on the Whip, tried the Flying Horses and went into the Haunted Mirror Maze, where Princess Beatrix bumped her forehead. Altogether it was a morning that two little girls will long remember
