Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain, 1873-2013
File — Drawer: 7.2
Scope and Contents
Records documenting the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America's request to erect a fountain in the park for the Centennial Celebration (1873) and the formal transfer of the fountain to the city (1877), followed by decades of correspondence regarding the city's responsibility for and neglect of repairs. Highlights include a 1934 exchange in which Alan Corson expresses hope the Cardinal might fund repairs, only to be reminded the fountain is city property, and correspondence between...
Dates:
1873-2013
Fairmount Park, Temperance Fountain: Fairmount Park. no 30. the Temperance Fountain, c. 1910
Item — Drawer: 4-1, Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.
Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.
Dates:
c. 1910