Not a hot air balloon, but a gas balloon prepares for liftoff at the Lagoon. Possibly, it's preparation for this big Latonia racetrack event.	We're unclear if this is the same gas balloon as in our other scenes.  This image is known to be in Northern Kentucky, but may or may not be Ludlow.

Preparing to Launch
From a Facebook post by Gary Hellebush

 

Additional Gas Balloon preparations at the Lagoon

“After successfully ascending in a balloon Wednesday night at the Lagoon, Frank Grubbs, the
aeronaut, circled around toward Ludlow and then came whirling down on the top of a building. 
Three of his ribs were broken and his left shoulder dislocated.”
from Maysville's Evening Bulletin, July 7, 1904

Balloon over the Lagoon from a Facebook post of Look at Ludlow	What the Lagoon looked like in 1909, from a gas balloon.

Shoot the Chutes Thanks to Gary Rolfsen for this one.	Shooting the Chutes, 1903	Shoot the Chutes

 

Building Chutes		The Lagoon, Ludlow, showing the Chute	Shooting the Chutes
Shooting the Chutes didn't last very long. Details.

Coaster		Roller Coaster Scenes From Facebook posts by Gary Hellebush

 

Not sure about this one. Looks like roller coaster cars, but the roller coaster is in the distance. And check out the hat on the lady on the right. From a Facebook post by Gary Hellebush

 

The Lagoon's Roller Coaster, with a View of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad.		The Coaster Ride	Scene at the Lagoon, 1895

 

Ride near the entrance to the Lagoon, From Facebook posts by Gary Hellebush

 

Crowds at the Lagoon From a Facebook post by Gary Hellebush		Electric Merry-Go-Round, From a Facebook post by Gary Hellebush

Lagoon events, 1914.	A history of the Lagoon, from 1910.
The Lagoon Program from 1897 (pdf).	The spectacle at the Lagoon, 1910
Announcing Kentucky Post Day at the Lagoon, 1911.	The 1901 flood at the Lagoon, here.
On July 18, 1896, the Cincinnati weekly Chic, noted that the beaches of the Lagoon were a delightful luxury, “a full acre in extent,”" and “built of sand and gravel upon a timber foundation.”  If you didn't have your own, “Suits for gentlemen and ladies may be had for a reasonable price.”  And how was the water?  “Simply perfect.”
7,000 lagoonites a day, 1896.	What's new at the Lagoon for 1905? Lots.  Details here.

Our wild guess is that this gentlemen is doing repairs on the Autoing in the Treetops ride, but honestly, we have no idea. from a Facebook post by Gary Hellebush.

Autoing in the Treetops These nine remarkable images are all from a Facebook post by Gary Hellebush.

Autoing in the Treetops at the Ludlow Lagoon

Ice Skating	Stage Coach for the Lagoon? from the Look At Ludlow Facebook page	Fishing

 

Games of Chance	The Theater Stage		Hot Waffles from a Facebook post by Gary Hellebush.

 

The Commercial Tribune, September 1, 1901

 

L. H. Mentel composed these two.

Mary Ann Kelly's reminiscence of Ludlow, My Old Kentucky Good-night, says people danced to the Louis Mentel's Lagoon Breeze.

 

Then there was the 100 acre film studio they were going to build at the Lagoon. Or maybe Fort Thomas. Details.

 

End of the Line, at or near the Lagoon
From a Facebook post by Gary Rolfsen