…that amusements and morals don’t mix.
At the start of the 20th century, authorities banned Luna Park in West Hartford from operating on Sundays, as it defied long-standing puritan laws. If the park’s owners opened on Sunday, they were strapped with fines.
To learn more, read Luna Park: A 20th-century Story of Amusement and Morality
Horses crossing the finish line at Charter Oak Park, 1889. Photography was first used to record the finish of a race in 1881, but the practice did not become common until the 1930s – Connecticut Historical Society and Connecticut History Illustrated
