I was trying to find  a way to introduce this new collection of photos when I realized Kevin's letter, telling me of the new find, was a great start. For those who do not know Kevin Miller, he is a great Fantasy Farm Amusement Park fan and a great contributor to the Fantasy Farm Memorial website. As a matter of fact all of the movies we have here on the site were donated by Kevin and his family. Most all were taken by his family. Also, many photos, most of the best ones, are a Miller family outing captured on film.

Recently Kevin has been communicating with Lindy Streifthau, Edger Streifthau's son. (Edger was the creator of LeSourdsville Lake and Fantasy Farm Amusement Park and many other things. See our History page for more on that.) Through Kevin we have been able to enjoy many great artifacts here at the Fantasy Farm Memorial. These 15 slide scans are the newest. They show Fantasy Farm during initial construction.

"Lindy Streifthau sent me seventy three professional quality 35mm slides of Fantasy Farm being built and the early days in operation. This is a must see for anyone that cares about the park. Did you ever wonder what it looked like to see the Dodgem cars, scrambler cars, whip cars and boats all together in the same building waiting for assembly? Did you ever wonder what Santa's belly looked like. Yes now you can see Santa lying on his back. Do you remember what the Merry go round clown was standing on? See the freshly painted Animals professionally photographed before the sides were installed to the building. did you ever wonder what the whips basement looked like? Well I guess not. I'm getting these slides cleaned. I have a professional slide scanner but like the 16mm video these are so good they must be done right. If you are like me you want to see them right now. They are a bit dirty some more than others." From an email by Kevin Miller April, 2006. Enjoy this great collection of photos donated by Lindy Streifthau. As you can see they date way back. We don't really have any details but hope to soon.