Kennywood Park Scene | Historic Pittsburgh

1950-07

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Title
Kennywood Park Scene
Creator
Esther Bubley
Identifier
MSP285.B018.F25.I03
Source Identifier
MSP285.B018.F25.I03
Description
During the early twentieth century there were more than fifty amusement parks in southwestern Pennsylvania, many of which were located near Pittsburgh. The region became a hub for innovation in amusement park rides and attractions, including parks in West View, Homestead, Monroeville, Moon Township, Wilkinsburg, and Oakland. Neville Island even boasted its own version of Coney Island. Many of these attractions did not last past the 1910s. Kennywood Park made its debut in 1899 as a trolley park and picnic facility. It is the longest running and most famous amusement park in the Pittsburgh area. Kennywood was located in the Pittsburgh suburban locality of West Mifflin and was built on land owned by Andrew Kenny, who allowed the Monongahela Street Railway Company to lease his property and build a trolley park. When the park first opened, it featured a casino, a merry-go-round, and dance pavilion. Kennywood and Idlewild Park are the two longest surviving amusement parks in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Kennywood Park (West Mifflin, Pa.)
Children--Pennsylvania--West Mifflin.
Amusement rides--Pennsylvania--West Mifflin.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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