Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...

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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.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...