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Lake Quinsigamond and White City Amusement Park

Author: Michael Perna Jr.

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2004-09-22

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1439615926

In the 1800s and well into the 1900s, the area around Lake Quinsigamond, in Shrewsbury and Worcester, was one huge summer resort. Hotels, ethnic and social clubs, boat clubs, a horse racing track, picnic grounds, and two amusement parks, Lincoln Park and White City Park, lined the shore. Steamboats and smaller steam launches transported tourists to the area. Canoes, rowboats, sailboats, and motorboats crowded the lake on weekends. Crew boat regattas, which started in the 1850s, continue to this day. Lake Quinsigamond and White City Amusement Park lets readers experience the attractions, such as the shoot the chutes and White City roller coaster, and enjoy the fun atmosphere during those long-ago summers.

LAKE QUINSIGAMOND & WHITE CITY

Author: Michael Perna Jr

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2004-09

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9781531621599

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Lake Quinsigamond and White City Amusement Park

Author: Michael P. Perna

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780738536736

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Remembering Lake Quinsigamond

Author: Michael P. Perna

Publisher: Chandler House Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9781886284029

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Less than a centruy ago, Lake Quinsigamond was the home of countless social and athletic clubs and recreational facilities which delighted many visitors. Michael Perna describes popular places and exciting events in detail in this pictorial history through photographs of boats, beaches, trains, amusements and the multitudes of people that once flocked to the lake all summer long.

Let?s Go to the White City

Author: James Colello Jr.

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1480803308

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During the first two decades of the twentieth century, thousands of people flocked to an enormously popular amusement park on the outskirts of Trenton, New Jersey, seeking thrilling rides and the amenities of Spring Lake. In Let's Go to the White City, James Colello Jr. shares the fascinating history of the park dubbed as "The Coney Island of New Jersey." In 1907, an experienced amusement director arrived in Trenton to encourage the creation of a large-scale amusement park. As his vision eventually came to fruition, one of the foremost summer parks of its day entertained patrons with many attractions, including fireworks displays, popular dances, band music, and dinners at the casino restaurant. With a focus on good, clean fun, White City Park also provided a place of enjoyment where revelers rode the carousel, circle swing, shoot-the-chute, and watched vaudeville acts. Included are photographs that help rekindle memories of a time when many in New Jersey proclaimed, "Let's go to the White City!" Let's Go to the White City offers a never-before-seen glimpse into the twenty-year history of an amusement park that provided both the young and old alike with wonderful memories.

Shrewsbury

Author: Michael P. Perna

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738505077

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Discover the history of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Incorporated in 1727, this once small farming town has transformed itself into a successful business and residential community. Meet the "Father of the Stages," nicknamed for his stagecoach line, and the many other inventive citizens of Shrewsbury. Experience the fun of the White City Amusement Park. From the days of Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward, the first commander in chief of the Revolutionary army, to the social days around Lake Quinsigamond, Shrewsbury takes you through these dramatic changes. Using exciting vintage photographs and postcards, Shrewsbury provides the first comprehensive photographic account of how the town once looked. Readers will learn about Balance Rock, the old town hall, and one-room schoolhouses. They will see stately mansions, the many attractions Lake Quinsigamond once had, and parts of the town that exist only in memory, such as South Shrewsbury and the Lower Village. Shrewsbury will allow all the town's citizens, past and present, to see and enjoy its history firsthand.

Worcester, 1880-1920

Author: William O. Hultgren

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738512105

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Known as "the golden era," the period from 1880 to 1920 brought unbridled growth, prosperity, and national note to the second largest city in Massachusetts. Worcester's population increased by more than one hundred twenty thousand people in this forty-year period, and the city produced the greatest variety of manufactured goods in the country. Worcester: 1880-1920 captures the expansion of the city through the images that feature a variety of subjects, such as the erection of the three-decker buildings in the early working-class neighborhoods, the construction of the new Union Station, and the vitality of the downtown stores and marketplaces. These photographs, most of which have been taken from glass-plate negatives, chronicle the rapid growth of a diverse economy fueled by an expanding multiethnic community.

Eight Hours for What We Will

Author: Roy Rosenzweig

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521313971

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Focusing on the city of Worcester, Massachusetts the author takes the reader to the saloons, the amusement parks, and the movie houses where American industrial workers spent their leisure hours, to explore the nature of working-class culture and class relations during this era.

Along Massachusetts's Historic Route 20

Author: Michael J. Till

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0738592471

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Route 20 was named a federal highway in 1926, and for the first half of the 20th century, it was Massachusetts's most important east -west road. Extending from Boston's dynamic Kenmore Square to bucolic Hancock Shaker Village on the New York border, the road's history, beauty, and contribution to Massachusetts's vitality were unmatched. Fortunately, almost all of the original road still exists and can be traveled by the modern motorist seeking a nostalgic adventure. In Along Massachusetts's Historic Route 20, more than 200 vintage postcards tell the road's story. Included are scenes along the Boston Post Road and Jacob's Ladder Trail, two of the highway's most historic segments, and also images of main streets, village greens, historic sites, scenic rural vistas, and, of course, the roadside tourist courts, diners, and gas stations that made automobile travel possible.

Worcester

Author: Frank J. Morrill

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738538648

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At the beginning of the 20th century, Worcester was one of the largest inland industrial cities in the world. The city boasted a diverse manufacturing base that drew immigrants from all over the globe. At this time, the postcard was a valuable and inexpensive way for friends and families to keep in touch with one another. The vintage postcards in Worcester show cherished recreation and leisure time in the city and highlight public places such as Elm Park. This book evokes memories of a simpler, slower-paced city.