Elmhurst Park Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Elmhurst Park
Date
- Creation: 1907/1913
- Digitized: 2006-11-27
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: This illustration is numbered "30". It appears to be a picture postcard of the entrance to Elmhurst Park, an amusement park on Pollard Creek, about five miles southwest of Mineral Wells. The park operated from 1907 to 1913 by the Electric Company,, and was a major attraction in "The nation's most popular health spa" at that time. A lawsuit was entered by he City of Mineral Wells in 1912 against the Electric Company by reason of the Company's refusal to pave its right-of-way for trolleys in the city streets, and to pave its right-of-way to Elmhurst Park. The company tried to remove all trolley tracks in reprisal, but continued to supply electric lights to the park--and to City Hall--by way of compromise.
- Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w
Subject
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Sports and Recreation - City Parks
- University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Landmarks
- Keyword: lost landmarks
Primary Source
- Item is a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County - Mineral Wells
- Time Period: new-sou
- Start Date: 1907
- End Date: 1913
Collection
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Name: A. F. Weaver CollectionCode: AFWC
Institution
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Name: Boyce Ditto Public LibraryCode: BDPL
Rights
- Rights Access: public
Resource Type
- Postcard
Format
- Image
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: AWO_0456P
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth20326