Crew works on entrance to park (Bosse Field is at left); photo dated 1920 (Knecht 4131)

Photo dated 1916 (Knecht 1418)

Winter scene; photo dated Feburary 1929 (Knecht 3678)

Entrance to the park after an ice storm in January 1937 (Mofford 1)

Aftermath of an ice storm in January 1937 (Mofford 2)

Main entrance; c. 1920 (Deeds 58)

Photo dated July 1926 (Knecht 2097)

Mary C. Kroening (later, Mrs. Jack T. Giles) feeding a bear cub at Garvin Park shortly before Mesker Zoo opened in 1928; the cub, along with its mother, was a gift to Evansville from the city of Denver, CO (Center City 39)

Game on opening night of Roberts Stadium; photo dated October 29, 1956 (Knecht 372)

Now a municipal golf course; photo dated January 24, 1924 (Knecht 4081)

Boys gather to practice on the baseball field on April 26, 1952; the street in the background is St. Joseph Ave., just north of W. Maryland St. (Newman 52-90-1)

New shelter house completed in November 1938 (Knecht 2092)

C. 1940 (VC 68)

Annual field day exercises by 7th and 8th grade students; photo dated May 26, 1908 (Lankford Collection)

C. 1930 (Knecht 1469)

View of gardens behind the shelter house on Mesker Park Dr.; dated May 17, 1931 (Korb Collection)

Carousel barn is in the background; photo dated July 29, 1931 (Knecht 1266)

Shelter House; c. 1920 (Knecht 2035)

Carousel; photo dated November 21, 1948 (Lantaff 1)

Carousel barn; c. 1938 (Knecht unindexed)

Carousel ride; photo undated (Lantaff 10)

Close-up view of carousel rides (Lantaff 9)

New shelter house near Mesker Park Dr.; c. 1930s (Knecht 2098)

Under construction in the mid-1930s (Mesker Steel Collection)

Under construction in the mid-1930s (Mesker Steel Collection)

Practice game at Bosse Field; photo dated March 1920 (Knecht 3125)

New Harmony, IN; photo dated 1920 (Knecht 3977)

Sunset Park; photo dated June 1999 (21PC 61)

Sunset Park; photo dated June 1999 (21PC 64)

Sunset Park, on bank of the Ohio River; c. 1920 (Knecht 4416)

Sunset Park; rear of the Evansville Museum is visible in the background (at left); photo dated February 25, 1961 (Knecht 798)

Sunset Park near the Ohio River; photo dated December 1980 (Marchand 98)

Interior of the building in Sunset Park, looking towards the Ohio River; photo dated June 14, 1999 (21PC 56)

C. 1996 (17PC 117)

Location unidentified; photo dated 1919 (Knecht 4366)

Workers constructing a merry-go-round ride; photo dated 1920 (Knecht 1406)

Rockport, IN; photo dated 1939 (Knecht 2267)

Located on Mt. Auburn Hill; early 1900s (Knecht 1858)

Looking towards the east from a path along the Ohio River; at left is the Pagoda shelter, and in the distant background is the Evansville Water Works facility; c. 1915. (Miscellaneous 1711)

Looking towards the Ohio River from SE Riverside Dr.; the Pagoda shelter house is visible at right; photo dated 1954 (Miscellaneous 1712)

Easter Sunday in 1912 (Riggs 10)

Strollers inspecting coal barges along the levee; c. 1910 (Knecht 3772)

At left in the distance is the Pagoda; at right is the Water Works plant; c. 1920 (Knecht 3792)

View from the roof of the Pagoda, looking towards SE Riverside Dr.; photo dated March 8, 1991 (Marchand 107)

View from the Pagoda, looking towards the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science; photo dated March 8, 1991 (Marchand 105)

Montage of photos depicting encampment in park (Ohio River and Waterworks building can be seen in bottom image); photos dated 1920 (Knecht 4098)

View of the park from the top of the Pagoda, looking towards Dress Plaza and the Downtown area; photo dated 1999 (21PC 49)

Playground; early 1900s (Knecht 4124)

Old Civil War cannon in Sunset Park; photo dated 1909 (Knecht 4129)

Three unidentified women posing with old Civil War cannon along the riverfront; c. 1910 (Belz 3)