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Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park : from the white city beautiful to a century of fun / David Forsyth ; with a foreword by Thomas J. Noel.
Van Pelt Library GV1853.3.C62 L354 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forsyth, David, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Timberline books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.).
- Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs.
- Denver (Colo.).
- Manners and customs.
- Colorado--Denver.
- Colorado--Denver--Lakeside Amusement Park.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
- Summary:
- "In Denver's Lakeside Amusement Park, author David Matthew Forsyth details the history of the park, from its construction through its centennial, exploring how it has weathered a century of metropolitan growth, technological innovation, and cultural shifts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : In search of blooming gardens
- Lakeside, an amusement enterprise
- Just take a trip out to jolly Lakeside
- Lakeside, the white city beautiful
- Keeping Lakeside's bright lights shining
- Benjamin Krasner and Lakeside's new setup
- Lakeside speedway and the roaring bugs of speed
- The wild chipmunk vs. the mouse
- The stockers take over at Lakeside speedway
- Lakeside amusement park, public nuisance?
- Lakeside, the most entertaining city in America
- Conclusion : a century of fun at Lakeside Amusement Park.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607324300
- 160732430X
- OCLC:
- 927104091
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