West Fairmount Park, Belmont Mansion: Restaurant and banquet facility: Photographs, printed images, and slides of Belmont Mansion and Fairmount Park, bulk: Bulk, 1952-1955, 1948-1963
General information
This file contains both personal photographs taken by the Mai family of Belmont Mansion and Fairmount Park, as well as photographs and photographic prints provided to the Mai family by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The latter appear to have been requested by Ernestine Mai to be used for postcards. Some of the prints contain handwritten measurements and notes relating to this project. Also included with this file are two pieces of correspondence from the Philadelphia Museum of Art staff. The first is a letter from Louis C. Madeira, IV, Assistant, Department of Decorative Arts dated 1948 with which the photographs were enclosed, and the second a handwritten note from Fiske Kimball, Director of the Phildaelphia Museum of Art, which appears to have been enclosed with the correspondence, as well.
Dates
- Majority of material found within Bulk, 1952-1955
- 1948-1963
Creator
- Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.0 Linear feet (Less than 1 linear feet of material)
Language of Materials
English
Correspondence
Since the correspondence from the staff of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is so closely tied with the photographs they provided of Belmont Mansion these items have been housed with the graphic material to preserve this relation.
Creator
- Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955 (Person)
- Madeira, Louis C. (Louis Cephas) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Fairmount Park Historic Resources Archive Repository
1515 Arch Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 United States
215-683-0211
theresa.stuhlman@phila.gov