Electric Park, Baltimore

Electric Park's primary attractions were the thousands of light bulbs that shone at night.

Two years later (22 November 1900), the Electric Park racetrack was the site of Maryland's first automobile race.

[1][2][3] In addition to regular fireworks displays presented by a man billing himself as "Professor Pain",[3] the park featured live performances, including Bill Pawnee's Wild West Show (which at one time had a lion escape from its handler's control),[1] and performances by a band led by Signor Vincent Del Manto (with the playing of "Electric Park March" on special occasions).

[3] In June 1908, a dirigible flown by Lincoln Beachy[8] was launched from the park as a publicity stunt (the airship landed atop a building in downtown Baltimore).

While Electric Park enjoyed great popularity in the first dozen years of the 20th century, increased competition in addition to increasing insurance and maintenance costs forced its closure at the end of the 1915 season.

Baltimore's Electric Park originally was a horse track. Rides and similar attractions were added as amusement parks increased in popularity in the beginning of the 20th century.
Postcard view of Electric Park, Baltimore's main entrance, c. 1907. The entrance also served as a stop for the local trolley (as evidenced by the tracks in the lower right corner). The park buildings were razed in 1916.
Baltimore's Electric Park had many of the attractions common to many amusement parks in the first two decades of the 20th century, including a re-enactment of the Johnstown Flood.
Postcard view of Electric Park, Baltimore's Johnstown Flood exhibit. Many Electric Parks, White City amusement parks , and Luna Parks installed state-of-the-art (for the time period) simulations of the 1889 disaster.