The history of Cedar Point has been documented through pictures since its early years, here you will find slideshows of photos of the park arranged to showcase the evolution of life on the point.
First is a collection of images of the park from above, here the park transforms from a wooded peninsula thrust into Lake Erie, to what is recognizable today as "America's Roller Coast" with the roller-coasters and attractions towering over the landscape. These photos are mostly views of the point from the air and work to showcase the evolution of Cedar Point from a mostly wooded leisure area to a modern amusement park. Cedar Point changed to reflect the changing ways that Americans viewed leisure, from a small beach and areas for food and drink in the woods. To a modern amusement park, where thrills and shows are the main areas of focus. During the change Cedar Point went through many stages, and even in the mid twentieth century, the park still looked much more like a wooded area with a few rides rather than a fully developed park with small areas of woods spread through the park.
The beach has been an attraction for Cedar Point since the beginning, and the way in which people use the beach today echos back to many of the ways that the beach was used by the early visitors. Cedar Point's beaches were an early draw for visitors to the point and today there area still many that visit the point make a trip to the beaches that are a feature of the park today. Special events are held on the beaches during the season, and the beaches serve as a gathering place for visitors to the point to enjoy some down time between rides. The photos of this collection start in the late nineteenth century and run up through the 2010's.
Last is a view of Cedar Point from the ground, including historic buildings and rides that have etched their way into the memories of those that visited Cedar Point over the years. The park had two eras of building, the first from the early years up through the Great Depression, saw the construction of buildings to house various activities inside the park. Two of the historic buildings that exist on the grounds today are highlighted in this slideshow. Also in the first era of construction early roller coaster designs were experimented with, and photographs of those early coasters are included. The second era of construction, starting in the 1960's and continuing through today saw the park transformed into the modern thrill park that it is today.