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Showing posts with label CAPITAL PARK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CAPITAL PARK. Show all posts

Saturday, April 19, 2008

1897: BROAD STREET PARK PARK

NO, "PARK PARK" IS NOT A TYPO. BEFORE IT WAS NAMED SPRING LAKE PARK, THEN WHITE CITY PARK, THEN CAPITAL PARK, IT WAS REFERRED TO AS BROAD STREET PARK. THUS, BROAD STREET PARK PARK.

Monday, January 28, 2008

1909: CAPITAL PARK

CAPITAL CITY REPLACED WHITE CITY WHEN THAT GREAT AMUSEMENT PARK SHUT DOWN. SORRY TO SAY I COULDN'T BRING ANY MORE DETAIL TO THE GRAPHIC. AS I INDUCATED EARLIER, OFFSET PRINTING WAS NOT TOO EFFECTIVE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.