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Starlight Park (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlight_Park "Starlight Park was an American amusement park located near West Farms Square in the Bronx, New York, east of the Bronx River. It operated from 1918 to 1932."

Joan Desboroug [ready for a dive] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  I imagine her last name should have a final "h" as in the caption for the neighboring picture

Elsie Davenport (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  Elsie Davenport was in the news quite a bit in early 1922. See, for example, Perth Amboy Evening News., January 28, 1922, FINAL EDITION, Page 5, middle photo in left column. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85035720/1922-01-28/ed-... She was described as "a screen actress and organizer of the Women's War Memorial Association."

• swanq said:

  Seems to be in same location as
  captioned "Starlight Park" and used in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlight_Park
  "Starlight Park was an American amusement park located near West Farms Square in the Bronx, New York, east of the Bronx River. It operated from 1918 to 1932."