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she produces an evil-sounding laugh that scares little children and annoys adults.
She has bright red hair and a large gap between her front teeth.
She was built by the
Philadelphia Toboggan Company
of
Germantown, Pennsylvania
in the early 1930s. There was also a ''Laffing Sam'' that was built being produced at that time. The
figures were also built by the
Old King Cole Papier Mache Company
of
Canton, Ohio
. Sal's asking price in 1940 was
US$
360 — in 2004, the one now in
Santa Cruz
, cost the bidder
US$
50,000
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WHERE DID/DOES SHE LIVE?
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
in
California
(from ''Playland At The Beach'')
Musée Mécanique
in
San Francisco
(from
Cliff House, San Francisco
)
Cliff House, San Francisco
(from ''Playland At The Beach'' - perhaps a "backup")
Pacific Ocean Park
in
Venice, California
Riverview Park
in
Des Moines, Iowa
(converted to Laffing Sam)
Revere Beach
in
Revere, Massachusetts
Memory Lane Arcade
in
Frankenmuth, Michigan
Palisades Amusement Park
in
New Jersey
Hamid's Pier
in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Hunt's Pier
in
Wildwood, New Jersey
Coney Island
in
Brooklyn, New York
Seabreeze Park
in
Rochester, New York
Euclid Beach Park
in
Cleveland, Ohio
Buckeye Lake Park
in
Ohio
Idora Park
in
Youngstown, Ohio
Erieview Park
in
Cleveland, Ohio
Jantzen Beach
Amusement Park in
Portland, Oregon
Kennywood
Park in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Crystal Beach
Park in
Ontario, Canada
EXTERNAL LINKS
Hear her laugh! at the
Musée Mécanique
Laffing Sal history
My Gal Sal
1945 advertisement and mechanical details
at
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
