Glen Echo Chautauqua and Glen Echo Park Company records, 1889-1953.

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Glen Echo Chautauqua and Glen Echo Park Company records, 1889-1953.

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This collection contains financial records and press books,1889-1953. The collection includes records created by E & E Baltzley Realty Company, the National Chautauqua of Glen Echo, and Glen Echo Park Company.

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Baltzley, Edwin.

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Glen Echo Park Company.

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Cook, Richard,

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Glen Echo Park began in the late nineteenth century as a real estate enterprise and national Chautauqua, and subsequently grew into a major amusement park complex. In 1888, Edward Baltzley purchased 516 acres in Montgomery County, Maryland. In 1889, he and his brother Edwin founded the E & E Baltzley Realty Company and began selling the property as residential lots. In 1891, they established the National Chautauqua of Glen Echo. In 1903, the Baltzleys lost their holdings in a foreclosure and...

E & E Baltzley Realty Company.

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Baltzley, Edward.

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