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Title	Summit Beach Park - Swimmers
Date	n.d.
Description	Summit Beach Park, also known as Akron's "The Million Dollar Playground" opened in 1917. It was eastern Ohio's most profitable amusement park during the 1920s. On average, the park attracted 25,000 people a day. It featured the country's largest funhouse and the Crystal Pool - the largest mosaic tile pool in the country. Summit Lake Park also featured a dance hall called the Wisteria. The park closed on Labor Day 1958. Today, the site of Summit Beach Park is a government housing project.
Subject	Postcards Summit Lake Akron Lakes and Ponds Amusement Parks Summit Beach Park Swimmers
Publisher	The Rubber City Distributing Company, Inc. (Akron, Ohio)
Contributors	On Loan to the Akron-Summit County Public Library
Type	Image Text
Format	5.5 in. x 3.5 in.
Source	RC_Lakeside_31.jpg
Language	English
Relation	Ruth Wright Clinefelter Postcard Collection
Rights	The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law.

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