Above park was located at the foot of Light Street at Ferry Bar.

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   I'm not quite sure what would go on at the Bay Shore Park Casino, one of several structures on the site. All the structures were built to allow for Bay views with large porches and stairways.

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      An old postcard view of the Bay Shore Park Merry Go Round. The old merry Go Round has been gone now for many years. 

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      This is the pier where the steamboats would bring  the crowds from Baltimore City. I have added several more postcards of the old pier , as seen below.

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     When movies were first shown to the public, they created quite a stir. Movie houses were popping up everywhere and Bay Shore Park even had a Moving Picture Pavilion to capture the excitement of a public that just couldn't get enough of the early films.

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   Bay breezes, swimming, amusements, a trolley ride out of the City, were all part of Bay Shore Park. Gardens were set up with fountains and  of course a band stand as well, as seen above. Below, the bowling alleys can be seen .

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.....A newer park went by the name of the New Bay Shore Park, seen above in 1954. The Park was moved to the islands later known as the Hart- Miller Islands. A recent ride by showed no land access to the islands, and the site has been used for dreging in the past couple of years.

Carlin's Park
Amusement Park- Near Baltimore's Park Circle.

      Below is a collection of old postcards of Baltimore's Carlin's Park.  Located in Northwest Baltimore City,  on the northwestern corner of Reisterstown Road and Druid Park Avenue ( commonly known as Park Circle ), the park operated until the 1950's, when it was closed and later converted into Carlin's Drive In Theatre, the only Drive In Theatre within the Baltimore City Limits. The Drive In later closed down in the 1970's and the site is a mix of industrial and businesses today.

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      A look at the Midway of Carlin's Park. This is how the intersection of Druid Park and Reisterstown Road looked for years. The site was later converted into a Drive In Movie Theater, and after the Drive In Theater closed in the 1970's, the site was parceled out for businesses. Passing by the area today, one could never tell of the history that was once found on this site.

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Two postcards of the same area in Carlin's Park, showing the rides. I almost think they dressed up the earlier postcard on the left and brightened it up for the later postcard, which seems much more colorful and inviting. 

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     When dancing became big in the 1950's, Carlin's Park was hosting all night dance contests. Roller Skating was also popular at the old park.

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      Ads for Carlin's in the 1920's played off the theme of " Jack" and " All work and no play ". Carlin's offered plenty of entertainment, and would even host traveling shows, including opera.

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    Entranceway to Carlin's Park - 1920's.

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     Commercially sponsored events and attractions, such as this one brought to you by White's Big Tip=Top Bread, where if you checked your loaf of bread very carefully, you might just find a free ticket getting you into either Carlin's Liberty Heights Park or Riverview Park .

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     The Carlin's site today. A mix of industrial use and businesses, and not a trace of the old Amusement Park or Drive In exists today. It's hard to believe that this address was once the  location of such a park in Baltimore City. Below, you can see the same view from, circa the 1920's. 

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 .  The Carlin's Park pool, as seen in a old postcard.

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 At the end of it's run, Carlin's became a drive in movie theatre, the only Drive in I can find within the City Limits.

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     Carlin's Liberty Heights Park ads, circa 1921.  " Continuous Dancing " to the music of the " Famous Louisiana Five and Mata's Tropical Marimba Band " were offered in addition to the " Colossal Midway " ( pictured above ), the Tokio Gardens, and 25 attractions with thrilling rides, swings, racers and Dips.

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Below, an drawing found in the Eastern High School yearbook from the 1920's,  with an honorable mention for Carlin's Skating .

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Electric Park
Belvedere at Reisterstown Road
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        Electric Park was an early amusement park, which started out as a trotting track ,  located in the Northwest section of Baltimore City. The park was razed around 1915, and development since then has completely erased any traces of the old park. The postcard ( below )  shows the park around 1907. A trolley pulled up right to the gate of the Park, and light bulbs were used to light up the Park at night, a new curiosity in the early 1900's. The park, had rides, fountains, a theatre, and various amusements. In 1909, a airship launched from Electric Park and flew to downtown Baltimore, having a bit of a crash landing on a roof of a downtown business. Electric Park boasted 24 rides, including a carousel, 2 roller coasters, swimming pool, boat lake, vaudeville, band concerts, and the Cyclorama of the Johnstown Flood, seen below .

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Enchanted Forest
Ellicott City, Maryland
Howard County , Maryland   Opened in 1955 - 20 acres upon opening , 50 acres by the time it closed.

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    The Enchanted Forest opened in the mid 1950's, 15 miles west of Baltimore City on Rt 40 west, and the park lasted for years, up until 1989, when it closed and reopened later , only to close for good in 2002 , with the site becoming a shopping center. Some parts of the old park exist still, but the area is fenced off, although the castle is still standingand easy to see. The park was a kiddie park, which rides for younger kids, in a fairy book style theme. Good news about the park, while it has been closed since about 2002, most of the attractions have been moved nearby to the Clark's Elioak Farm and are available for viewing. Kilduff's made a recent journey there and you can see many of the new photos of the attractions below. 

"The Enchanted Forest on U.S. Route 40 , 15 miles west from Baltimore, about seven minutes west of Beltway exit 15. ......The castle-walled storybook playland for youngsters under 12 features  a variety of rides with themes which have been taken from the pages of fairy tales, Mother Goose and other children's favorites......Children can take the Teacup Ride to the court of the Queen of Hearts or the Safari Ride through an African jungle. Little Toot : the Lovable tugboat : will take them around his lake , and a raft will carry them to Robinson Crusoe's island stockade.  Cinderella, Aladdin, Snow White and Mother Goose herself are at the Enchanted Forest to greet their admirers....Children will also find real ponies to ride and deer, goats, bunnies, and a lamb to pet. Snacks are served by the Merry Men at Robin Hood's Barn.  Enchanted Forest is open from mid-May to mid-September on Weekdays from 10AM to 4 PM and on the weekends from 10 AM to 6 PM. From mid-September to the end of October, it is open weekends only, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Closed winter.
Admission : $ 1.25 per adult ; 75 cents for children between two and 12, children under 2 , free. There are extra charges ( usually a quarter each ) for some of the rides. "
< Words to describe the park in the late 1960's taken from Baltimore Today .>

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     About 15 miles West of Baltimore, on U.S. Rt 40, from the mid 1950's to about the late 1980's, a good local place to take the kids was the Enchanted Forest. The castle above was the main entrance to the park.
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Frederick Road Park

    There isn't a lot written on Frederick Road Park. It appears to have been in the Irvington Area of Frederick Road, and I'm still looking for an exact address. The ads are from the the 1920's.
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Gwynn Oak Park
 

      Another of the amusement parks in Baltimore,  Gwynn Oak Park could be found on Gwynn Oak Avenue in Northwest Baltimore, between the City County Live and Woodlawn. The Park has been gone since 1974, partly due to Huricane Agnes damage.  Adam has a great page on the old park.  The park was serviced by streetcar lines, and has rides which included the Ferris Wheel, Looper, Moon Rocket, Flying Scooter, and Dodgem Cars. The park was also popular for picnics.
"  One of the last of the old-time midway-like amusement parks in the Baltimore-Washington area, Gwynn Oak offers thrill rides ( and tamer ones too ) , games and boating. It is open from mid-April to Labor Day .......Closed Mondays...Admission is free. Rides costs from 20 cents to 40 cents."

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      Gywnn Oak Park was developed around the Gwynns Falls, which in the 1970's , flooded over and took away what was left of the old park.

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    A tightrope walker entertains the crowds in this postcard of Gwynn Oak Park, circa the 1910's .

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Riverview  ( River View ) Park
Baltimore,  Maryland.

     Riverview Park opened as Lowrey's Place, a beer garden, which later named itself Point Breeze. By 1898, the beer garden made way for the RiverView Amusement park, which last to 1929, when it was torn down for the building of the Western Electric's Point Breeze plant. Riverview was said to have been one of Baltimore's more popular parks back in the day, with good rides and good food. It 's knickname for years was the " Coney Island of the South". As seen in the postcards below, Riverview had quite an entranceway, and over the years, the park  survived several fires.

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  I get plenty of emails on Tolchester Park. I promise to make a more interesting entry for this park soon.

Wonderland Park

     Still working on this one. Found in a old Baltimore City News Paper

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