Off to the dance pavilion by two o’clock. An afternoon at the Norumbega Amusement Park, Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Photographs from a photo album with memories of a visit ca. 1897 when it opened.

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Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway car. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Boathouse with a man standing on the dock and another man paddling a canoe. On the Charles River. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Stage and raked seats for plays or concerts. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Swings. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Restaurant. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Zoo. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Women’s cottage. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Gazebo/bandstand. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway street car barn and station. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Watching a puppet/marionette show, perhaps being held in the gazebo/bandstand. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Street car station/barn and stairs leading to the entry to the park. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Outdoor stage set up for a performance. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album
Children playing in and around a tipi play structure. Photograph, ca. 1897-1900. American. Taken from a photo album that belonged to a visitor to the Norumbega Amusement Park which was in Auburndale (Newton), Massachusetts. Image © 2023 House of Mirth Photos.  Fair use license. via https://www.houseofmirthphotos.com/pages/books/333/norumbega-park-outside-of-boston-c-1900-photo-album

On the banks of the Charles River in Auburndale, the Norumbega Amusement Park opened in 1897 at the end of what is now the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s Riverside line which runs in the Norumbega right of way. It closed in the 1960s.

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