FP.2019.005. Visual and Audial Collections
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Art Collection
This collection is comprised of artistic renderings and materials created of Fairmount Park, and for Fairmount Park purposes.
Cremer Stereographs Collection
Fairmount Park "Progress Thru Action" 1970 Photo Album
Album depicting Fairmount Park Commission people, locations, and events from the year 1970. Also contains newspaper clippings and ephemera. Compiled and created by Rickey Bucciero, a Fairmount Park carpenter and Benjamin Franklin impersonator at Fairmount Park events.
Glass Plate Negatives
Items included in this collection are of the glass plate negative format or the "Woodburytype" lantern slides. Subject matter covered includes the Pennypack region, RittenhouseTown, Fairmount Park races, and East and West Fairmount Park- all circa the late 19th Century.
Photographic Prints
One of the United States' largest and oldest municipally-operated park systems, Fairmount Park encompasses 9,200 acres and includes sixty three neighborhood and regional parks. The formation, growth, maintenance and enjoyment of Fairmount Park has produced one of the longest-standing examples of city and citizen cooperation. This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2000 in a variety of formats.
Fairmount Park postcards collection
The collection contains postards mainly depicting Fairmount Park sites. Some postcards in the collection depict other sites in Philadelphia and other locations in the United States.
Sculptures and Fountains Collection
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.