Description: An image of Goodale Park in Columbus. Many visitors come to the park to see downtown Columbus which can be easily seen from the park. The variety of foliage within the park is quite extensive, several hundred trees are spread throughout the park of all sorts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06758
Subjects: Recreation; Parks--Ohio--Franklin County; Fall foliage; Lakes & ponds
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: An image of Goodale Park in Columbus. Many visitors come to the park to see downtown Columbus which can be easily seen from the park. The variety of foliage within the park is quite extensive, several hundred trees are spread throughout the park of all sorts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06759
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Recreation; Parks--Ohio--Franklin County; Fall foliage; Lakes & ponds
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Postcard showing nighttime view of the swimming pool at Indianola Park, Columbus, Ohio, 1908. Indianola Park was a 30-acre amusement park operated in Columbus’s University District at N. 4th Street and E. 19th Avenue. It opened to the public on June 8, 1905, and early visitors could enjoy a large swimming pool, a dance pavilion, a roller coaster, a restaurant and picnic grounds, and more. A vaudeville-style theater was added in 1908, soon to be followed by more roller coasters, a funhouse, and a “Shoot the Shutes” water ride. The park was also home to the Columbus Panhandles pro football team, serving as their home field between 1909 and 1915. During the 1910s and early 20s, Indianola hosted as many as 10,000 visitors in a single weekend, and could see up to 5,000 people enjoying its pool on hot summer days. But in the wake of the Great Depression and other cultural shifts, the park eventually shut down in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07730
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Swimming; Amusement parks--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard showing the "Shoot the Shutes" water ride at Indianola Park in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1907-1915. Indianola Park was a 30-acre amusement park operated in Columbus’s University District at N. 4th Street and E. 19th Avenue. It opened to the public on June 8, 1905, and early visitors could enjoy a large swimming pool, a dance pavilion, a roller coaster, a restaurant and picnic grounds, and more. A vaudeville-style theater was added in 1908, soon to be followed by more roller coasters, a funhouse, and the “Shoot the Shutes” ride. The park was also home to the Columbus Panhandles pro football team, serving as their home field between 1909 and 1915. During the 1910s and early 20s, Indianola hosted as many as 10,000 visitors in a single weekend, and could see up to 5,000 people enjoying its pool on hot summer days. But in the wake of the Great Depression and other cultural shifts, the park eventually shut down in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07731
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks--Ohio; Amusement rides
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard showing the entrance to Indianola Park, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1907-1915. Indianola Park was a 30-acre amusement park operated in Columbus’s University District at N. 4th Street and E. 19th Avenue. It opened to the public on June 8, 1905, and early visitors could enjoy a large swimming pool, a dance pavilion, a roller coaster, a restaurant and picnic grounds, and more. A vaudeville-style theater was added in 1908, soon to be followed by more roller coasters, a funhouse, and a “Shoot the Shutes” water ride. The park was also home to the Columbus Panhandles pro football team, serving as their home field between 1909 and 1915. During the 1910s and early 20s, Indianola hosted as many as 10,000 visitors in a single weekend, and could see up to 5,000 people enjoying its pool on hot summer days. But in the wake of the Great Depression and other cultural shifts, the park eventually shut down in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07732
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks--Ohio; Amusement rides
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard showing the swimming pool at Indianola Park, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1915. Indianola Park was a 30-acre amusement park operated in Columbus’s University District at N. 4th Street and E. 19th Avenue. It opened to the public on June 8, 1905, and early visitors could enjoy a large swimming pool, a dance pavilion, a roller coaster, a restaurant and picnic grounds, and more. A vaudeville-style theater was added in 1908, soon to be followed by more roller coasters, a funhouse, and a “Shoot the Shutes” water ride. The park was also home to the Columbus Panhandles pro football team, serving as their home field between 1909 and 1915. During the 1910s and early 20s, Indianola hosted as many as 10,000 visitors in a single weekend, and could see up to 5,000 people enjoying its pool on hot summer days. But in the wake of the Great Depression and other cultural shifts, the park eventually shut down in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07733
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Swimming; Amusement parks--Ohio; Roller coasters
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing people along a fence watching swimmers in the pool at Indianola Park, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1907-1915. Indianola Park was a 30-acre amusement park operated in Columbus’s University District at N. 4th Street and E. 19th Avenue. It opened to the public on June 8, 1905, and early visitors could enjoy a large swimming pool, a dance pavilion, a roller coaster, a restaurant and picnic grounds, and more. A vaudeville-style theater was added in 1908, soon to be followed by more roller coasters, a funhouse, and a “Shoot the Shutes” water ride. The park was also home to the Columbus Panhandles pro football team, serving as their home field between 1909 and 1915. During the 1910s and early 20s, Indianola hosted as many as 10,000 visitors in a single weekend, and could see up to 5,000 people enjoying its pool on hot summer days. But in the wake of the Great Depression and other cultural shifts, the park eventually shut down in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07734
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Swimming; Amusement parks--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Attractions in Front of Ballroom View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07945
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks--Ohio; Olentangy River (Ohio); Public parks--Ohio--Columbus
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Exotic Plant near Flea Circus Building View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07946
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks--Ohio; Olentangy River (Ohio); Public parks--Ohio--Columbus
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Visitors strolling past attractions at Olentangy Park, an amusement park that was located on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1930. Signs on the buildings read "Ye Olde Mill," "All For Fun," "Mysterious Sensation" and "Joy Mill." Olentangy Park closed in September of 1938. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04957
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks--Ohio; Amusement rides
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Interior view of the ballroom at Olentangy Park, an amusement park that was located on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1930. Also known as the Dance Pavilion, it was constructed in the early 1900s when the park was bought by the Dussenbury brothers View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04958
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the outdoor gazebo in Olentangy Park, an amusement park that was located on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04960
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Amusement parks--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)