1905 Bathing Beach & Toboggan Slide -at the Pancake House
If you’re walking into the Pancake House, the mural sits on a wall on the right side of the patio
Artist: Lee Cooper
Info about mural: 9 ft (height) x 14 ft (width)
While you enjoy breakfast or lunch at the Pancake House in Sylvan Beach, let their mural take you back in time to a beautiful day at the beach in 1905. This scene is taken from a postcard popular at the time. It showcases the Toboggan Slide, one of the earliest and best known amusement rides at Sylvan Beach. Known then as the “Coney Island of Central New York,” Sylvan Beach has become a popular summer resort. On this early water slide, opened in 1893, small sleds would rush down the slide and out into Oneida Lake. The novelty of this ride is shown by the crowd gathered on the pier to observe.
According to Art Oneida’s website, in exchange for the mural, the Pancake House provided breakfast for 40 kids when Cooper returned with other volunteers from the Determination Center of CNY.
