The mid-20th century saw a huge surge in rocket-themed playground equipment, designed to capture the imagination of kids and celebrate space travel. Most of these rocket shaped jungle gym pieces were not just decorative pieces- they were fully functional play structures.
These structures were towering rocket ships made of metal, with ladders, slides, and sometimes seats. This fun series of photos shared by lostfoundartny shows a variety of these rocket ship playground pieces in different locations.
One of the photos in this series is located where I grew up, and I was thrilled to see it here. Do you recognize any of these rocket ship structures?
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