GUSN-191159
Aerial view of the amusement park, Paragon Park, at Nantasket Beach. The park was created as part of "New England World's Fair." The Park is lit by 100,000 electric lights, covers 20 acres and includes exhibition halls, a roller coaster, other rides, and beach access. Numerous flags fly over the grounds.
world's fairs
exhibitions (events)
amusement rides
flags
beaches
events
postcards
photographs
1 postcard
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.03.01.TMP.034
Nantasket Beach (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Metropolitan News Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)
postcards
photographs
Paragon Park
W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 38-39.
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