Manhattan Beach (Denver, Colo.)
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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Name vaild for period 1891-1908 Bio/Hist: The amusement park at Sloans Lake, Denver Colorado opened June 27, 1881 as Manhattan Beach. The principal building, the Manhattan Beach Club burned to the ground in 1908, and the owners of the Lakeside Amusement Park, a few blocks to the north adjacent to Lake Rhoda, took over the Sloans Lake location and opened a satellite called Luna Park in 1908. Lakeside remains open, but Luna Park closed in 1914.Source: Vintage Homes of Denver http://www.vintagehomesofdenver.com/artman/publish/northwest-denver/Sloan-s-Lake---Denver-Neighborhoods.html, April 4, 2013: Sloan's Lake - Denver Neighborhoods (Manhattan Beach Club 1891-1908, Luna Park 1908-1914). Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Beach_(Denver), April 4, 2013: Manhattan Beach (Denver) (amusement park in Denver from 1881-1914, from 1908-1914 is was known as Luna Park) See Also From: Luna Park (Denver, Colo.)
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Milton Anfenger and Two Men, 1906 July
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Identifier: B091.01.0002.00001.00015
Abstract
Milton Anfenger and two men are standing and are wearing suits and hats. They are at Manhattan Beach located near Sloan's Lake in Denver, Colorado. Manhattan Beach was the first amusement park built west of the Mississippi River. The amusement park opened June 27, 1881 and closed after a fire destroyed the Manhattan Beach Club in 1908. The park was then reopened in 1908 as Luna Park which closed in 1914. The photograph is on page 79 of Milton Anfenger's scrapbook. It is said that...
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1906 July