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Wissahickon Valley Park Maps, Plans and Drawings
Collection
Identifier: FP.2011.006
Abstract
Covering nearly 1,400 acres of the 10,000 acre Fairmount Park System, Wissahickon Valley Park epitomizes the breadth of resource available within the city of Philadelphia. Primarily a naturalist landscape, the parklands also support a variety of recreational activities and are home to a number of nationally important structural sites. Wissahickon Valley Park is located along the Wissahickon Creek, and has been a popular location with visitors for over a century and a half. Known best for its...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920-1980; 1758-2023
Works Progress Administration Map Collection
Collection
Identifier: FP.2012.008
Abstract
This collection is composed of maps sponsored and created by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. It contains topographic plans of East Fairmount Park, West Fairmount Park, and Cobb's Creek Park. All items in this collection have been digitized and are available online at the Philadelphia Athenaeum's website: http://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/index2.cfm?ct=17
Dates:
1938-1939
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- Architectural drawings 10
- Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) 6
- Cobbs Creek Park 4
- Historic sites 4
- West Fairmount Park 4
- Wissahickon Valley Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) 4
- East Fairmount Park 3
- Pennypack Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Tacony Creek Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Bartram House 1
- Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Belmont Mansion 1
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Fairmount Park Motor Race 1
- Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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- Fountains -- Pennsylvania 1
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park 1
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- Manayunk (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Manayunk Canal (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works 1
- Philadelphia Museum of Art 1
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- Sculptures, Statues and Fountains 1
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- Fairmount Park Commission (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
- Baerer, Henry, 1837-1908 1
- Bailly, Joseph Alexis, 1825-1883 1
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 1
- Butler, George A., Mr., 1935- 1
- Centennial Exhibition. (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893 1
- FitzSimons, Thomas, 1741-1811 1
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 1
- Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831 1
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 1
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
- Greene , Nathanael, 1742-1786 1
- Gregory, John, 1879-1958 1
- Gréber, Jacques 1
- Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 1
- Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 1
- Houston, Henry Howard, 1820-1895 1
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 1
- Kelly, John B., Sr. (John Bernard), 1889-1960 1
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
- Manger, Heinrich, b. 1833 1
- Marshall, John, 1755-1835 1
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901 1
- McMichael, Morton, 1807-1879 1
- Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 1
- Melville, George W. (George Wallace), 1841-1912 1
- Pennypacker, Galusha, 1844-1916 1
- Pertuch, Walter A. R. 1
- Pułaski, Kazimierz, 1747-1779 1
- Rosin, Harry, 1897-1973 1
- Rush, William, 1756-1833 1
- Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805 1
- Schubert , Franz, 1797-1828 1
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 1
- Welsh, John, 1805-1886 1
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