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Crawford, Robert W., 1906-1995

 Person

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Rizzo Ice Rink, 1978

 File — Drawer: 5.2
Scope and Contents

Contains photos of the 1978 groundbreaking ceremony. Notable people featured in this file include Mayor Frank Rizzo and Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1978

Robin Hood Dell, 1956-1982

 File — Drawer: 5.2
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the Dell Music Center venue, performers, and audience members. Events documented include the 1967 Rock Jamboree and a 1968 rock concert. Notable people pictured include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, City Councilman Thomas Foglietta, Philadelphia radio personalities Jerry Blavat and Georgie Woods, and composer Leonard Bernstein and opera singer Gloria Lane during a performance of Carmen.

Dates: 1956-1982

Sacks Playground, 1964-1970

 File — Drawer: 5.3
Scope and Contents

This file includes photographs of the building exterior, children using the playground equipment, and children swimming in the Recreation Department's Portable Pool. Events depicted include the pool dedication ceremony and a softball game. Notable people featured in this file include Department of Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford and City Councilman Paul D'Ortona.

Dates: 1964-1970

Samuel Recreation Center, 1959-1974

 File — Drawer: 5.3
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the recreation building's exterior, the playground, and the park grounds. Programs and events featured in the file include the Novice Swimming Championship meet, a game of wheelchair basketball, the Samuel Recreation Center's program for handicapped youth, and the dedication ceremony. Notable people featured in the file include Recreation Commission Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1959-1974

Scanlon Recreation Center, 1960-1975

 File — Drawer: 5.3
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the building's exterior, park grounds and facilities, and children playing on the playground equipment. Events documented in this file include a talent show, a baseball game, a maintenance division clinic on the care of baseball fields, the Miss Spray Pool Contest, a basketball game, and the playground's dedication ceremony. Notable people featured in this file include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1960-1975

Schmidt Playground, 1974-1975

 File — Drawer: 5.3
Scope and Contents

File contains photos of the site prior to development into a park, park grounds, people swimming, the dedication ceremony, and the pool ribbon-cutting ceremony. Notable people featured in this file include Mayor Rizzo, Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, and City Councilman Harry Jannotti.

Dates: 1974-1975

School Playgrounds, 1963-1979

 File — Drawer: 5.3
Scope and Contents

Photographs of events and activities taken at school playgrounds. Locations include Belmont School Playground, Thomas Holme School, Central High School, Philadelphia High School for Girls, Webster School Playground, 6th and Master Streets, Girard School Playground, Olney High School, Jenks School Playground, and Alcorn School Playground.

Dates: 1963-1979

Shissler Recreation Center, 1957-1970, 1998

 File — Drawer: 6.3
Scope and Contents

This file contains photos of the building exterior, pool, facilities, and children playing on the playground. It also documents Soccer Field Days for various years, the Annual Christmas soccer tournament, and the dedication ceremony. Notable people featured in this file include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1957-1970; 1998

Starr Garden Playground, 1957-1979

 File — Drawer: 5.3
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs of the demolition of the original recreation center building, the dedication ceremony of the park's redevelopment, the exterior of the new recreation building, a marbles clinic, a performance by the Police and Firemen's Band, children playing on the playground, and a soccer game. Notable people featured in this file include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford and City Councilman John B. Kelly, Jr.

Dates: 1957-1979

Stenton Mansion, 1925, 1957, 1966

 File — Drawer: 5.3
Scope and Contents

This file contains exterior and interior photographs of Stenton Mansion. It also includes photos from the 1966 dedication ceremony of Stenton Mansion. Notable people featured in this file include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, City Councilman Charles M. Finley, and the President of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Marjorie Potts Wendell.

Dates: 1925; 1957; 1966

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Subject
Dedications 39
Swimming pools 25
Swimming 22
Basketball 20
Baseball 9
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Contests 9
Basketball courts 5
Boccie (Game) 4
Concerts 4
Dance 4
Soccer 4
Tennis 4
Baseball fields -- Pennsylvania 3
Bicycles 3
Camps 3
Fishing 3
Holidays 3
Parades 3
Tennis Courts 3
Halloween 2
Lonnie Young Recreation Center of East Germantown 2
Marbles (Game) 2
Statues -- Pennsylvania 2
Theater 2
Track and field 2
10th & Lemon Playground 1
12th & Cambria Playground 1
American Legion Playground 1
Bernard Samuel Playground 1
Boniface Piccoli Playground 1
Boxing 1
Camp William Penn 1
Checkers 1
Christmas 1
Clayborne & Lewis Playground 1
Clippings 1
Dan Shissler Recreation Center 1
Dell Music Center 1
Department of Recreation Fun Wagon 1
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Recreation Center 1
Fante-Leone Swimming Pool 1
Feltonville Recreation Center 1
Festivals 1
Fishtown Recreation Center 1
Fort Mifflin 1
Fountains -- Pennsylvania 1
Fox Chase Recreation Center 1
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park 1
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park Golf Course 1
George Jacobs Playground 1
Gold Star Park 1
Graffiti 1
Gymnastics 1
Hagert Street Playground 1
Harrowgate Park 1
Harry S. McDevitt Playground 1
Hockey 1
Houseman Playground 1
James Otis Ford Playground 1
Jerome Brown Park Playground 1
Jim Junod Recreation Center 1
John (Steve) Schmidt Playground 1
John Dickinson Square 1
Joseph A. Scanlon Playground 1
Joseph C. McIlvain Playground 1
Joseph Deni Recreation Center 1
Joseph F. Vogt Playground 1
Kingsessing Recreation Center 1
Lawncrest Recreation Center 1
Lederer Pool 1
Lonnie Cohen Recreation Center 1
Marie Dendy Recreation Center 1
Mario Lanza Park 1
Michael J. Towey Playground 1
Montgomery & Croskey Playground 1
Mummers Museum 1
Nelson M. Herron Playground and Recreation Center 1
Northern Liberties Recreation Center 1
Olney Recreation Center 1
Penrose Memorial Playground 1
Philadelphia Museum of Art 1
Phred the Panda 1
Pleasant Playground 1
Pulaski Park 1
Rizzo Ice Rink 1
Shibe Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Skating rinks 1
Soccer fields 1
Solomon Sacks Playground 1
Starr Garden Playground 1
Stenton Mansion 1
Stenton Park 1
Thanksgiving Day 1
Thomas I. Guerin Recreation Center 1
Thomas Mitchell Playground 1
Tiffany Fletcher Recreation Center 1
Trees 1
Venice Island (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center 1
Vincent G. Panati Playground 1
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