Friday, August 28, 2026

A pair of colorful vintage miniature golf postcards

Continuing with the miniature golf postcards, here are a couple vintage cards of courses with nice splashes of color. The top card, a Plastichrome by Colourpicture, features Lincoln Park, located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, on U.S. Route 6, midway between Fall River and New Bedford. It touts the 18-hole miniature golf course and Kiddie Wonderland at the park. Sadly, all of it is gone, covered now by residential space. This is Wikipedia's summary of Lincoln Park's history:
"Lincoln Park was a park opened in 1894 by the Union Street Railway Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts ... [and] closed in 1987 and remained abandoned and vacant until the Comet roller coaster was torn down on July 11, 2012. The park's carousel was relocated to nearby Fall River, Massachusetts, and is still in operation at Battleship Cove."
Note the Shoe House-themed hole at Lincoln Park. To see some even bigger Shoe Houses, check out this 2020 post.

The bottom card, with "The Pot of Gold" rainbow and ferris wheel in the background, is from Amigoland Fun Park, at the South of the Border complex on I-95 at the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. The Robinsons Inc. card touts the 37-hole miniature golf course, which includes a 110-yard 37th hole. Most online reports say this miniature golf course is no longer open on a regular basis and that the Amigoland Fun Park has fallen into abandonment and disrepair.  Eyewitness accounts and updates are very welcome in the comments!

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