Contributing Organization: Excelsior Lake Minnetonka Historical Society

1. Louis Beehrle, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Creator:: Roy Beehrle
Date Created:: 1950 - 1959
Description:: Louis Beehrle running the Aeroplane Swings ride at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

2. Aerial of Aeroplane ride, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: Aerial view of the Aeroplanes at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

3. Aerial of Caterpillar ride, Dock Station and Cupola, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926 - 1927
Description:: Aerial view of the Caterpillar ride, Dock Station, and Cupola at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

4. Aerial of dance hall, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1934
Description:: Aerial view of the dance hall at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

5. Aerial of Excelsior Amusement Park and Excelsior Commons, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1967 - 1970
Description:: Aerial view of the Excelsior Amusement Park and Excelsior Commons.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

6. Aerial of Excelsior Amusement Park from Excelsior Bay, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925-05
Description:: Aerial view of Excelsior Amusement Park from Excelsior Bay.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

7. Aerial of Excelsior Docks, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1934 - 1936
Description:: Aerial view of the Excelsior Docks by the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

8. Aerial of the park, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

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

9. Aerial view of Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1943
Description:: Aerial view of the Excelsior Amusement Park with ice chunks on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

10. Aerial view of roller coaster and carousel building, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925
Description:: An aerial view of the roller coaster and carousel buildings at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

11. Aerial view of streetcar waiting station and tunnel, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: An aerial view of the streetcar waiting station and tunnel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

12. Aeroplane ride behind ticket booth, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: An Aeroplane behind a ticket booth at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

13. Aeroplane ride, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: A view of the Aeroplane ride from the dock at Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

14. Aeroplane ride in motion, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: A view of the Aeroplane ride in motion at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

15. Aeroplane ride viewed from Excelsior Bay, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: The Aeroplane ride at Excelsior Amusement Park viewed from Excelsior Bay.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

16. Arcade and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Panoramic view of the penny arcade and roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

17. Arcade, Dock Station and carousel house, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Panoramic view of the penny arcade, Dock Station, and carousel house at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

18. Bicycle loop-the-loop attraction, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1931
Description:: The bicycle loop-the-loop attraction at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

19. Bill Clapp, Fred Pearce, Sr., Hopalong Cassidy, Joe Colihan and Unknown, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950 - 1959
Description:: A photograph of: Park General Manager Bill Clapp, owner Fred Pearce, Sr., western star William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Park Superintendent Joe Colihan and unknown at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

20. Boathouse, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A view of the boathouse at the Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

21. Boathouse with "Como" streetcar boat, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923
Description:: The boathouse with a streetcar boat "Como" on the future site of the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

22. Boat ride, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930 - 1940
Description:: People enjoying a boat ride at the Excelsior Amusement Park. Big Island can be seen in the background.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

23. Boats in dry dock in boatyard, Excelsior Amusement Park, Two Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Two boats in dry dock at the boatyard near the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

24. Boats in front of carousel house, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Boats lined up at the docks in front of the carousel house at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

25. Boatyard and carousel house in Winter, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925-04
Description:: A view of the Boatyard and carousel house at the Excelsior Amusement Park in winter.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

26. Boatyard, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924
Description:: A view of the boatyard before the Excelsior Amusement Park was built.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

27. Boatyard, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923
Description:: View of the boatyard where the Excelsior Amusement Park would soon be built.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

28. Building the Picnic Pavilion, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1927
Description:: Frame for the Picnic Pavilion at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

29. Building the roller coaster around the boatyard, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923 - 1924
Description:: A photograph showing the construction of the roller coaster around the boatyard at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

30. Captain Payne, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1931
Description:: Captain Payne ready to jump 100 feet into a flaming tank of water at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

31. Carousel house, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A view of the carousel house from the top of the roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park during the winter.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

32. Caterpillar cars, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1929-05-05
Description:: Cars on the Caterpillar at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

33. Caterpillar, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-12-09
Description:: Caterpillar ride in the winter at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

34. Caterpillar ride, bathrooms, and path to Dock Station, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1929-05-05
Description:: Caterpillar ride, bathrooms, and path to the Dock Station at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

35. 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:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

36. Chair-o-Plane ride, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: Chair-o-Plane ride at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

37. Children sitting in Hot Rods, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1960 - 1965
Description:: Children sitting in Hot Rods waiting for the go signal at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

38. Clellan Card as Axel Torgeson, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1960-06
Description:: Television personality Clellan Card as Axel Torgeson, sticking out his tongue while driving a Hot Rod at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

39. Constructing railing on double track section of roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925-05
Description:: A view showing the construction of the railing on the double track section of the roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

40. Construction of the Picnic Pavilion, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1927
Description:: Building the Picnic Pavilion at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

41. Crowd around unknown attraction, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: View of a crowd standing around an unknown attraction at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

42. Crowd in front of bicycle loop-the-loop, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1931
Description:: A crowd in front of the bicycle loop-the-loop attraction at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

43. Crowd in front of Picnic Pavilion and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

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

44. Damaged building, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1958-03
Description:: An exterior view of a damaged building at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

45. Dance Hall, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

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

46. Dance Hall, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Exterior view of the Dance Hall at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

47. Dock Station and ferris wheel, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A view of Dock Station with a partial view of the ferris wheel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

48. 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:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

49. Dock Station and the carousel house, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923 - 1925
Description:: Panoramic view of Dock Station and the carousel house at the time of the construction of the amusement park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

50. Dock Station, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Panoramic view of Dock Station and the ferris wheel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

51. Dock Station, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Panoramic view of Dock Station taken from out on the docks at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

52. Dock Station, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A busy Excelsior Amusement Park. The Dock Station, Picnic Pavilion, and Caterpillar are visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

53. Dock Station in Winter, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A view showing the side exterior of Dock Station in winter at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

54. Dock Station in Winter, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926-12-09
Description:: Dock Station in the winter at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

55. Dock Station, the Whip, the carousel house, Picnic Pavilion and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: Dock Station, the Whip, the carousel house, Picnic Pavilion, and roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

56. 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:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

57. Double track of roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925-05
Description:: A bird's-eye view showing the double track of the roller coaster before the Picnic Pavilion was added.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

58. Downward slope of roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1931
Description:: A view of the down slope of the roller coaster with a boathouse in the background at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

59. Dredging boat and roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926 - 1927
Description:: Smoke pours from the smokestack of a dredging boat in Lake Minnetonka. The roller coaster at Excelsior Amusement Park is visible on the right side of the image.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

60. Dredging boat, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925-03
Description:: Dredging boat parked on the shoreline of Excelsior Amusement Park during the winter with a frozen Lake Minnetonka in the background.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

61. Dredging boat, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924
Description:: A dredging boat in Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

62. Dredging boat, roller coaster and carousel house, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A view of a dredging boat on Lake Minnetonka with the roller coaster and carousel house on the left side.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

63. Dredging boats, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923
Description:: Dredging at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

64. Dredging boats, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Two dredging boats at work in Lake Minnetonka near the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

65. Dredging boats, roller coaster and boathouse, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1928
Description:: Panoramic view of dredging boats in Lake Minnetonka with the roller coaster and boathouse visible in the background on the right side of the photograph.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

66. Early aerial of park, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924
Description:: An early aerial of Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

67. Eaves of the Laff House, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1960 - 1969
Description:: A view looking up at the eaves of the Laff House at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

68. Elevated curve on roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1929-05-05
Description:: A photograph showing the elevated curve on the roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

69. 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:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

70. Entrance to Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926
Description:: Entrance to the Excelsior Amusement Park with the roller coaster in the background
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

71. Entrance to Laff House, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1928
Description:: The exterior of the entrance to the Laff House at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

72. Entrance to the roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1929-05-05
Description:: Entrance to the roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

73. Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A panoramic view of the Excelsior Amusement Park from Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

74. Excelsior Amusement Park from Excelsior Bay, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1926
Description:: View of the Excelsior Amusement Park from the other side of Excelsior Bay in Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

75. Excelsior Bay, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A view of Excelsior Bay from the top of the roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

76. Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: A panoramic view of Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka. The Excelsior Amusement Park is visible on the left side of the image.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Panoramas

77. Ferris wheel, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: The ferris wheel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

78. Ferris wheel, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Looking up at the Ferris Wheel at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

79. Ferris wheel without buckets, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1925
Description:: A view of the ferris wheel without buckets at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

80. First section of roller coaster construction, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923 - 1925
Description:: A photograph showing the first section of the construction of the roller coaster at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

81. 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:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

82. Footings for the roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924-03
Description:: Footings for the roller coaster with part of the roller coaster constructed at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

83. Footings for the roller coaster, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1925
Description:: The footings for the roller coaster during its construction at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

84. 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:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

85. Fred Pearce, Jr. and car, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1965
Description:: Fred Pearce, Jr., owner of the amusement park, leans on the back of a car.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

86. Fred Pearce, Jr., Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1960 - 1969
Description:: Fred Pearce, Jr., owner of the amusement park, greets customers at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

87. Fred W. Pearce, Sr., Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920 - 1929
Description:: Portrait photograph of Excelsior Amusement Park founder Fred W. Pearce, Sr.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Studio portraits

88. Front of dance hall, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1931
Description:: A view showing the front exterior of the dance hall at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

89. Fun House, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Exterior view of the Fun House with the roller coaster in the background at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

90. Fun House, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1930
Description:: Exterior view of the Fun House with the roller coaster in the background at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

91. Fun House, roller coaster, and Picnic Pavilion, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Fun House, roller coaster, and Picnic Pavilion at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

92. Girls on Paratrooper ride, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1960 - 1969
Description:: Two girls on the Paratrooper ride at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

93. "Hopkins" streetcar boat, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923
Description:: "Hopkins" streetcar boat parked at the future site of the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

94. Laff House, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1960 - 1969
Description:: Exterior of the Laff House at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

95. Laff House with electronic doll, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1960 - 1969
Description:: Exterior of the Laff House with an electronic doll in a case on the side of the building, at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

96. Lamp post, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1923
Description:: Lamp post at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

97. Main office, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Exterior view of the Main office of the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

98. Man in Fun House, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1929-05-05
Description:: An unidentified man standing at the top of a ramp in the Fun House with a cap partially obscuring his face.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

99. Man plowing grounds, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1924 - 1935
Description:: Man and horse plowing the grounds of the Excelsior Amusement Park with the roller coaster in background.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

100. Man standing by road, Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1931
Description:: Man standing by the side of a dirt road with automobiles driving by at the Excelsior Amusement Park.
Contributing Institution:: Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

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