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Amusement Parks

Olympic Park

Smile: A Picture History of Olympic Park, 1887-1965.
Alan A. Siegel. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1995. Available?
Olympic Park
Jeffrey Stanton. National Amusement Park Historical Association.
The Old Mill Showing Roller Coaster, Olympic Park Postcard
The Paddock, Olympic Park, Newark Postcard
Olympic Park, c. 1964 Video

Electric Park

Opening of Electric Park Newark Sunday Call May 31, 1903
Electric Park, Newark,N.J.
Street Railway Journal 25(22), June 3, 1905, pp.994-995
White City for Velodrome Site Newark Sunday Call May 29, 1920
Electric Park Images from the Newark Parks site

Dreamland Park

1927 Map including Dreamland Park
Volume 3, Plate 21, of Robinson's Atlas of the City of Newark. (1927)
Dreamland Park Roller Skating Rink Postcard
A Look Back at Newark's Most Bizarre Sports Event -- and the Man Behind it
Nat Bodian. Bullfighting in Dreamland Park.
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