Vale of Amusements: Modernity, Technology, and Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Park, 1870–1920
This essay explores Ponce de Leon Park, a popular turn-of-the-last-century amusement park two miles east of Atlanta, through postcards, photographs, video, and historical analysis. Now long gone, the park once served as a gathering place for weekend picnics, concerts, performances, and rides, and se...
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| Language: | English |
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Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Southern Spaces |
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| Online Access: | https://southernspaces.org/node/42829 |