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Title: Children at Fairyland Park
Description: Exterior group portrait of children eating "cones" at Fairyland Park.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children at Fairyland Park
Description: Group portrait of unidentified children eating "cones" at JP picnic; located at 75th and Prospect.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Visitors to Electric Park
Description: View of a crowd gathered at Electric Park, once located in East Bottoms at Rochester and Montgall avenues. Also shows Ferd Heim Brewing Company.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fairyland Park Swimming Pool
Description: Two unidentified girls seated by swimming pool at Fairyland Park. Sign behind them reads "Fairyland's Crystal Pool".
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: How Long Will the Citizens of Kansas City Tolerate Discrimination at Fairyland Park?
Description: Single page flyer urging readers to protest racial discrimination at Fairyland Park. The flyer was printed by the Kansas City, Missouri, Branch Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Electric Park: Kansas City's Coney Island (Souvenir)
Description: Promotion Souvenir for the 14th consecutive season of Electric Park. Contains band concert programs and advertisements with a cover title. M. G. Heim, President Sam Benjamin, General Manager
Date: 1913~
Object Type: Book

Title: Willows Nurses at Electric Park Portraits
Description: Three portraits of Willows Maternity Home nurses taken during a trip to Electric Park. Florence Beal Bolte can be seen in the two larger images. Notes recorded above and next to the photographs read: At Electric Park in Kansas City, June - 1917. From left to right, the names recorded beneath the photograph on the left are: Neff, Spangler, Beal. A name recorded above the middle photograph reads: Neff. From left to right, the names recorded beneath the photograph on the right are: Roy, Spangler, and Beal.
Date: 1917-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Whippet-Knight Picnic
Description: Crowd gathered around stage for a drawing held at Fairyland Park during Whippet-Knight picnic.
Date: 1928-09-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Whippet-Knight Picnic
Description: Crowd examining display in pavilion at Fairyland Park during Whippet-Knight picnic.
Date: 1928-09-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fairyland Crystal Pool
Description: View looking southeast of the Fairyland Park Crystal Pool that was once located near the intersection of 75th Street and Prospect Avenue, with people swimming. A roller coaster can be seen in the background. The Caption on the photograph reads: Fairyland Crystal Pool - Built entirely of Haydite Concrete. 1-2-3 Mix. 8-9-1923.
Date: 1923-08-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4th Annual Picnic
Description: Group portrait taken at the 4th annual picnic of the South Central Business Association held at Fairyland Park.
Date: 1923-08-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Whippet Autos
Description: Whippet automobiles lined up in pavilion at Fairyland Park for the Whippet-Knight picnic.
Date: 1928-09-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hiner's Third Regiment Band at Fairmount Park
Description: Elevated view of Edward M. Hiner's Third Regiment Band performing before a crowd at Fairmount Park. The band played a two night engagement at the park on August 7-8, 1907.
Date: 1907-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wildwood Lakes Racetrack
Description: View of the Wildwood Lakes racetrack entrance, once located along Woodson Road in Raytown, Missouri. A Coca-Cola sign is in view.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wildwood Lakes Racetrack
Description: View of the Wildwood Lakes racetrack entrance, once located along Woodson Road in Raytown, Missouri. A sign reading Midget Races is in view. A seated figure near a door and a truck can be seen.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Electric Park Entrance
Description: Electric Park entrance decorated for "Corn Carnival."
Date: 1906~
Object Type: Photograph