Saturday, February 26, 2011

Getting There Was Half the Fun!

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A pennant like this one could have been among the many prizes awarded on board the Senator , when folks from Rochester, PA and the surroundi...

Local Pharmacies Were Ticket Agents for Excursions to Rock Springs Park

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Being from a family who owned more than half a dozen drugstores in the Tri-State Area (Herche's Rexall), it was interesting to discover...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hippodrome Mystery Remains Unanswered

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This double image postcard shows the trolley station and entrance to Rock Springs Park (top) and the upper park midway and what at first app...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Rock Springs Park Had Its Own Hippodrome

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While I have seen postcard images of animal circus acts performing at Rock Springs Park, like the one pictured above, I never knew the park ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Well Known Circus Acts Performed at Rock Springs

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(Cropped Image Courtesy of Memory Lane Group; See full photo in Images of America: Rock Springs Park , p. 48) Free attractions often perform...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Baby Show at Rock Springs Park Offered Handsome Prizes

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Today amusement parks offer wagon or stroller rentals for park guests. In 1910 the Pennsylvania Railroad offered “Free Baby Carriage Cars” f...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Rudy Bundy and His Orchestra at Rock Springs 1936

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The Daily Times, Beaver, PA, August 5, 1936 - Rudy Bundy and his Orchestra will be this week’s feature attraction at Rock Springs Park, Ch...