Dinosaur statue parks were all the rage at one point. In 1851, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’ dinosaur sculptures at London’s Crystal Palace exhibition drew crowds in the thousands. The life-sized dinosaurs exhibited at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York were greatly admired by millions of people.
But by the time Jurassic Park had enthralled millions of budding paleontologists, many dinosaur parks were all but forgotten, crumbling away in forests and swamps. Take a look back at the fantastic dinosaur sculptures from the past through these old snapshots curated by vernacular photography collector Robert E. Jackson.
(via Flashbak, Robert E. Jackson)
Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, SD still exists, with many of the exact same statues in these photos still there.
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