We have a vast collection of early business records, ephemera, maps, blueprints, and other archival material that document Chesapeake Beach’s history, including the railway and the various amusement parks that operated in the beach.
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Tickets from the railway, the dance pavilion, and the salt-water pool (1900-1960s)
Original contract for operation of a carousel in Chesapeake Beach, signed by Gustav Dentzel and Otto Mears in 1899.
An advertisement that ran in the Hyattsville Independent, March 1, 1913, offering discounted rates on the Chesapeake Beach Railway to get suffragists to the March 3, 1913 Suffrage Day Parade in Washington D.C.
Early Business records
Early brochures from Chesapeake Beach Resort, c.1900 and 1920s
A section from the 1902 Chesapeake Beach Company Profile Map, prepared by William A. Beerbower, Chief Engineer for the CBRy
Blueprint for the original band shell that was built on the Chesapeake Beach Boardwalk, c.1900
