Suburban Gardens

ID: 6014 ~ Source: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-2cee-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 ~ Creator: Scurlock Studios ~ Date: 1927

This file appears in: Sports and Recreation Tour: Suburban Gardens Amusement Park (1921-1932): At its peak, the park hosted over 20 concessionaires and featured a Miller & Baker roller coaster, a scenic railway, a Ferris wheel, a children’s playground, a dance pavilion, and picnic areas.

Sports and Recreation Tour: Suburban Gardens Amusement Park (1921-1932): At its peak, the park hosted over 20 concessionaires and featured a Miller & Baker roller coaster, a scenic railway, a Ferris wheel, a children’s playground, a dance pavilion, and picnic areas.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Suburban Gardens Amusement Park opened in Northeast Washington, DC, on June 25, 1921. This park was created specifically for Black residents and exclusively employed Black workers at a time of racial…