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Burke Glen Pool

ca. 1925-1945

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Burke Glen Pool
  • Title
  • Burke Glen Pool
  • Date
  • ca. 1925-1945
  • Identifier
  • 20110202-hpicmonroeville-0154
  • Source Identifier
  • 590
  • Description
  • By the 1920s better roads had encouraged public travel, and for a time, Monroeville became a tourist destination: a place for the weary city dweller to escape to on a pleasant day drive to the country. Recognizing the allure of the fresh air and pristine scenery, a group of entrepreneurs built the Burke Glen Amusement Park along old William Penn Highway in 1926.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Swimming pools--Pennsylvania--Monroeville.
    Amusement parks--Pennsylvania--Monroeville.
    Monroeville (Pa.)--History.
  • Source
  • hpicmonroeville
  • Contributor
  • Monroeville Historical Society
  • Collection
  • Monroeville Historical Society Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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