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Photographs of various Department of Recreation awards banquets and ceremonies featuring Commissioner Robert W. Crawford. Other notable people pictured include Mayor Frank Rizzo, Mayor James Tate, and John B. Kelly, Jr.

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Photographs of the site prior to the park's development, park grounds, children playing on the playground, park fountain, Three Bears sculpture, and the park dedication ceremony. Notable people pictured include Mayor James Tate.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...

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Photographs of the park grounds, children playing on the playground, day camp activities, and a tree-carving event. Notable people pictured include Philadelphia City Councilman Joseph Hersch and Mayor James Tate.

Scope and Contents Photographs of the building exterior, grounds, children playing on the playground equipment, and children playing in the spray pool. Events and programs documented include the recreation center groundbreaking ceremony, a bocce championship game, the Guerin Music Festival, the indoor bocce center groundbreaking ceremony, a Gold Medal basketball game, arts and crafts sessions, demolition ceremonies prior to the recreation center's construction, performances from the Folk Dance Festival, and a...

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Photographs of the site prior to the park's development, building exterior, park grounds, children on the playground, people playing basketball, a baseball game, the park groundbreaking ceremony, and the park dedication ceremony. Notable people pictured include Mayor James Tate, Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, and State Representative Harry Comer.

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Photographs of the park grounds, building exterior, people swimming, people playing basketball, children playing on the playground, dedication ceremony, and pool ribbon-cutting ceremony. Notable people pictured include Mayor James Tate, Recreation Commissioner Robert W. Crawford, and City Councilman Melvin J. Greenberg.

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Photographs of the building exterior, grounds, and facilities. Also documents the site before and after graffiti clean-up. Notable people pictured include Mayor James Tate and Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

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Photographs of the site before playground development, playground and facilities exterior, groundbreaking ceremony, dedication ceremony, giraffe statue, and children playing on playground equipment. Notable people pictured include Mayor James Tate, Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, and City Councilmen John B. Kelly, Jr., David Silver, and Paul D'Ortona.

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Photographs of the pool's construction, building exterior, views of the pool, people swimming, and dedication ceremony. Notable people pictured include Mayor James Tate and Department of Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.