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1. Dock Station, ticket booth and ferris wheel, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
Dock Station, ticket booth, and the ferris wheel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Big Island Park boat landing and entrance, view from the peristyle, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Big Island's boat landing, with a steamboat approaching the dock, is viewed from within one of the peristyle arches.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

3. Man standing on platform, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1931
Description:
A man standing on a platform with a megaphone at the Excelsior Amusement Park. The roller coaster is visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Highcroft Gardens on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
Formal flower gardens at Highcroft overlook Lake Minnetonka. This was the home of the Peavey grain milling family in Ferndale. House was razed in the early 1950s.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

5. Causeway, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1927
Description:
A view of the causeway looking north to Solberg Point on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Dock Station and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
Panoramic view of Dock Station, and the roller coaster from the railroad platform at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

7. Minnetonka Yacht Club from a distance, Deephaven, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904 - 1910
Description:
Minnetonka Yacht Club's clubhouse appears to be floating in Lake Minnetonka, color added.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8. Fred Pearce driving miniature train, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947
Description:
Amusement park owner, Fred Pearce, drives on the first trip for the park's second miniature train at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Oscar V. Babcock on bicycle loop-the-loop, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1931
Description:
Oscar V. Babcock pushing his bicycle up the loop-the-loop at the start of a performance at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. People looking at hydroplane, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
View of a crowd looking at the hydroplane after it landed at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Roller coaster construction, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923 - 1925
Description:
Bird's eye view of the third section of roller coaster construction at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Spring Park Casino and Dancing Pavilion, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
This rectangular building with a wall of windows on all four sides was located next to the Hotel Del Otero, on the shore of Lake Minnetonka in Spring Park, postmarked 1909.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

13. Pleasure Park at Hotel Del Otero on Lake Minnetonka, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
The Pleasure Park at the Hotel Del Otero includes tennis court and croquet lawn, as well as swings and benches, color added, postmarked 1910. The printed message reads: Minnetonka is a Sioux word for "big waters;" here was the scene of Hiawatha's wooing, and out of the lake flows the stream on which is located the beautiful falls of Minnehaha--"laughing water"--made famous by Longfellow.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

14. Aerial view of the park, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925
Description:
Aerial view of the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. A restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero, Spring Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
A room filled with rattan and wooden rocking chairs, with many windows, table lamps, and fireplace create a restful corner at the Hotel Del Otero.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

16. Empty lot where park will be built, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915 - 1923
Description:
A panoramic view of the empty lot where Excelsior Amusement Park will be built.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

17. Sailboating on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1940
Description:
Sailboats round a buoy on Lake Minnetonka, one named the Arabis.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

18. Penny arcade and popcorn stand, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1929-05-05
Description:
An exterior view of the penny arcade behind a popcorn stand at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Tilt-A-Whirl, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Bird's eye view of the Tilt-A-Whirl at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Janette Merrill Park on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Side view of a cottage on Lake Minnetonka adjoining Janette Merrill Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

21. Picnic Pavilion, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
View of people crowded near the Park Pavilion for an unknown exhibition at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Excelsior Casino on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904
Description:
This view from the porch of the Excelsior casino shows patrons in hats, both female and male. The message describes the view of Lake Minnetonka as "simply fine."
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

23. Footings for roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924
Description:
A straight line of footings for the roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Visitors near the Picnic Pavilion and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924 - 1935
Description:
A view of park visitors walking around in front of the Picnic Pavilion and roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Lyman Lodge, Minneapolis YWCA Camp swimming, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1965
Description:
YWCA campers enjoy boating near the swimming area on Lake Minnetonka at Lyman Lodge.
Contributing Institution:
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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