Price, Eli Kirk, 1860-1933
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Samuel R. Rosenbaum, Vice President of Albert M. Greenfield Real Estate, to Eli K. Price, Fairmount Park Commission, proposing the Fairmount Park Commission purchase a plot of ground belonging to the Rapid Transit Company; Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company plan of property on the side of Philadelphia and West Chester Turnpike, west of Cobbs Creek Parkway (63rd Street) [reproduction], 1931 September 10
Item — Drawer: C10-C14, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to Cobb’s Creek Park, as well as a very limited number of related correspondence. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in items relating...
Dates:
1931 September 10
Fairmount Park, Commissioners, c. 1875, 1908, 1972-2000
File — Drawer: 6.2
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...
Dates:
c. 1875; 1908; 1972-2000
Letter from A.M. Taylor, President of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company, to Eli K. Price regarding the problems to his freight business if the railway track were to be relocated for park purposes, 1916 November 23
Item — Drawer: 1-5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1916 November 23
Letter from Benjamin R. Hoffman to Eli K. Price regarding terms for the Wheeler Tract and the William Conway tract, 1916 October 12
Item — Drawer: 1-5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1916 October 12
Letter from C.H. Ludington to Eli Kirk Price regarding money for work done on Mount Pleasant Mansion, 1926 January 26
Item — Drawer: 2-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1926 January 26
Letter from the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company to Eli K. Price regarding land needed for embankment on on the Richmond branch at Falls Bridge in the northeast side of East River Drive, 1918 July 2
Item — Drawer: 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1918 July 2
Letter to Eli Kirk Price from Clare McLean regarding a proposal to occupy and restore the house, enclosed with memorandum of approximate costs, 1927 May 20
Item — Drawer: 5-5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1927 May 20
Letter to Eli Kirk Price from the law firm of Henry, Pepper, Bodine, & Stokes requesting for citation of the Act which relinquished the Commonwealth's claim to Memorial Hall, 1920 April 9
Item — Drawer: 5-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1920 April 9
Letter to Eli Kirk Price from Thomas S. Martin regarding his search for records of the resolution in which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relinquished its right to Memorial Hall, 1920 April 12
Item — Drawer: 5-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1920 April 12
Letters from Maurice Bower Saul to Eli Kirk Price regarding the site of Cedar Grove, 1925 January-1926 February
Item — Drawer: 5-3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1925 January-1926 February
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