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April 30, 2009

Idlewood Amusement Park

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The photos come from VCU Library’s digital collection and show an amusement park adjacent to what appears to be Fountain Lake. We’ve been able to find very few references to Idlewood Park except for these photos, which seem to show it on the east side of the lake where the condominiums now stand.  Does anyone have more information?

 

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5 Responses to “Idlewood Amusement Park”

  1. posted by Brandon at May 1, 2009 10:30 am [#]:

    Perhaps the Virginia Historical Society will have some records on the park. I haven’t been in awhile but I’d be happy to do a quick search next time I’m in there.

  2. posted by Anne at May 2, 2009 7:24 pm [#]:

    One of the local history books has a section on it but I forget which one…I am sensing a good excuse to go to a bookstore tonight.

  3. posted by Tim V. at May 5, 2009 11:03 pm [#]:

    Anne: Did you dig up anything? The second picture appears to show a merry-go-round. Pretty elaborate!

  4. posted by Sean Stilwell at May 17, 2009 5:23 pm [#]:

    there was a casino, merry go rounds, i think a wooden rollercoaster too? i’ve got a bunch of old Richmond books, and between all of them, i still can’t find a whole puzzle. I think the book Rails In Richmond had a pretty elaborate piece because of its connection to the early trolley system. I’ll have to check when i get home

  5. posted by Byrd Park » Old newspapers are fun - Richmond, Virginia at July 6, 2009 6:28 pm [#]:

    [...] Park, later to be named Idlewood Amusement Park and written about in the Times-Dispatch in 1907 (see previous post) but nothing about the development of our neighborhood, which would seem to have been [...]


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