Town Park: A Community Storybook A Community Storybook Aurora Museum & Archives
Eddie Feigner (1925-2007) is remembered as one of the greatest softball pitchers that has ever lived and holds a record of: 9,743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters and […]
This photo of the Aurora Citizen Band was taken in Town Park around 1915. Band members include: Back Row, Left to Right Harry Gray, Roy De La Haye, Ken […]
It was the talk of the Town when a local teenager decided to test the strength of their sports car by attaching it to the new flagpole in […]
The Armoury was the official gathering place for soldiers before they left for the war. Dr. Robert M. Hillary, a well respected local doctor, was Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel of the […]
The boots of these skates were made by the T. Sisman Shoe Company which operated under various names in Aurora from 1910 until 1985. The Sisman factory was […]
The Aurora Legion held an annual summer carnival in Town Park from 1946-1959. This advertisement is from their first carnival in Town Park which offered a day full […]
Along with a midway, sporting events and various carnival style games the “Mammoth firework demonstration” was a central event at the Lions annual Victoria Day celebration in Town Park.
Michelle Dakin and her father Doug Dakin reflect on the importance of the softball league to Town Park and the culture that revolves around it. Transcript Michelle: Every […]
Town Park was the site for the joyous VE Day celebrations that took place on May 7, 1945.
Edna day and Dave Humphries competing at the Aurora Horse Show the early 1950s.
Reflections on Aurora’s time as a ‘dry town’ and the emergence of Town Park’s Band Shell bootlegger. Transcript Helen: The band shell at the town park was the place […]
Glen Duncan reminiscing about his time as a Cadet at the Aurora Armoury and Town Park in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Transcript Glen: It was great […]
