The Pippin roller coaster at Wildwood, 1927.

Wildwood Park, Wildwood

The Pippin roller coaster at Wildwood, 1927. Photograph by Norton and Peel.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett

Photograph of Minnesota-based publishing magnate Wilford Fawcett, 1925.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with a trapshooting shotgun. Fawcett captained the U.S. trapshooting team at the 1924 Olympics

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with a trapshooting shotgun. Fawcett captained the U.S. trapshooting team at the 1924 Olympics

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett (far right) with Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett (far right) congratulating actors Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan on their marriage, c. 1937.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and his wife, Antoinette Fischer Fawcett

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and Antoinette Fischer Fawcett

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and his wife, Antoinette Fischer Fawcett, at Breezy Point Resort in Crow Wing, 1926.

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with his third wife (and former secretary) Frances Robinson.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and Frances Robinson

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett with his third wife (and former secretary) Frances Robinson.

Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett and Harold Lloyd

Photograph of Wilford "Captain Billy" Fawcett playing golf with silent film star Harold Lloyd c. 1935. Fawcett and Lloyd's father, James Darsie Lloyd, were friends.

Black and white photograph of Wilhelm Pfaender, ca. 1870.

Wilhelm Pfaender, ca. 1870

Wilhelm Pfaender, ca. 1870.

Black and white photograph of Wilhelm Pfaender, ca. 1880.

Wilhelm Pfaender, ca. 1880

Wilhelm Pfaender, ca. 1880.

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