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- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Inner Court at Electric Park, with rides and bleachers in view. Dated April 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the entrance to Electric Park on East Jefferson Avenue, with pedestrians in front. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked August 17, 1909. "Wolverine News Co. Detroit, Printed in Germany" is printed along the left edge of the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting an elevated view of the entrance to Electric Park. In the foreground are the interurban streetcar tracks of the Shore Line and a few people. "From Meary" is handwritten along the tracks on the recto. An address and postmark, dated October 22, 1906, are on the verso. As is the printed note "All Rights Reserved H.C. Hawkins, Detroit."
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the interior of Electric Park showing a slide ride and a few people. In the foreground are bleachers. Printed on verso: Kresge & Wilson, Detroit, Mich., Printed in Germany The verso is undivided.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a white rose. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked May 3, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting a trio of attractions at Electric Park--Inferno (containing Herman Menz's devil statue), the concert hall, and the Pier Inn. A fence and a booth are in the foreground. The verso is postmarked August 23, 1906. "All rights reserved H.C. Hawkins, Detroit" is printed along the left edge of the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting a tower slide, rollercoaster ride, and bleachers in the inner court of Electric Park Postmarked August 23, 1906. "All rights reserved H.C. Hawkins, Detroit" is printed along the left edge of the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music booklet for "Let's All Take a Trip Out to Riverview," with lyrics by Paul A. Sellke and Edward M. Brooks, and music by Glenn W. Ashley, published by the Riverview Park Company. The cover features blue half-tone photos of an orchestra posing in the park's bandshell, as well as a wide view of the entire park at night, with small insert photos of Sellke and Brooks in the lower corners.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the Inferno attraction at Electric Park, a maze housing the controversial devil statue made by Herman Menz and previously displayed outside of his home. The building is in the shape of a castle with several gargoyles of differing styles displayed on its walls. The sign above the entrance reads, "Inferno, Menz Devil." A man sits beside the gate. "No. 639 Wolverine News Co., Detroit, Mich. (Printed in Germany)" is printed on the left edge of the verso. The verso also contains a handwritten message--"Have you forgotten me? - Ruth"--addressed to Miss Ross of Cleveland. The card is postmarked August 9, 1908--over two months after the statue was removed from the park.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting The House that Jack Built attraction at Electric Park, with a man standing beside the ticket booth. Postmarked September 1906. "Copyright 1906 A.H. Barrows," is printed in the lower right corner of the recto.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
