Photos courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery
Perkins Farm (later Edgewater Park) along the shore of Lake Erie, facing east. In 1894 this land was purchased by the city’s Second Park Board from Jacob B. Perkins, Cleveland industrialist, to become part of Edgewater Park.The curving line of the shore of Lake Erie, facing east. c. 1901Edgewater Park bathing beach and old bath house. Women in long dresses and hats can be seen on the beach. c. 1904The bathing beach at Edgewater Park, facing west. c. 1905Lakefront boulevard in Edgewater Park, facing east. In the distance can be seen the billowing smokestacks of the industrial city. A row of gas lamps can be seen in the foreground. c. 1909A bridge over a ravine in Edgewater Park. This picture was published in “Art Work of Cleveland” (Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co., 1911), leaf 82.Scene in Edgewater Park. This photograph was published in “Art Work of Cleveland” (Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co., 1911).Side profile of a bridge over a ravine in Edgewater Park. This picture was published in “Art Work of Cleveland” (Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co., 1911), leaf 6.Scene in Edgewater Park, showing a horse and carriage. This picture was published in “Art Work of Cleveland” (Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co., 1911), leaf 31.Haying scene in Edgewater park about 1910. (Men bailing hay in the park, formerly Perkins Farm. Two horses can be seen in the foreground.)A portion of the bathing beach at Edgewater Park, facing east. In the foreground are men walking along the beach in suits and swimmers and bathers in bathing suits. c. 1910Men bailing hay in Edgewater Park (formerly Perkins Farm) in 1910.The Knights of St. John having an inspection drill in Edgewater Park. The men are in uniform and some are carrying the flag of the United States of America. c. 1911The bath house and bathing beach from Lake Erie, facing southeast. Hundreds of people can be seen on the beach and in the bath house. Rowboats are seen on the water. c. 1929The entrance (as of 1929) to Edgewater Park. Streetcar tracks are seen in the foreground.Edgewater Park beach and bath house, facing southwest. Hundreds of swimmers and bathers can be seen in the water and on the beach. c. 1929Edgewater Park beach and bath house, facing southwest. Hundreds of swimmers and bathers can be seen in the water and on the beach. A woman in the foreground is seen holding a large inner tube flotation device. c. 1929Plans for Edgewter park, including parkway, boulevard, bath house, shelter house, and subway. c. 1888 -1921
