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.
