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Walter Pertuch Digital Images Collection
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Identifier: FP.2011.008
Scope and Contents note
The Walter Pertuch Digital Images Collection consists of 452 scans of original glass plate negatives. The collection features images from the late 19th century and early 20th century, and includes photographs of Philadelphia and Fairmount Park, Germany, several World’s Fair and sections of New Jersey.
Dates:
c. 1880- c. 1940
Wilford Collection of Centennial Exhibition and Sesquicentennial Exposition Materials
Collection
Identifier: FP.2010.006
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of various items that were produced to memorialize the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 and the Sesquicentennial exposition of 1926. The collection includes programs, photographic records, catalogs and souvenirs.
Dates:
1876-1877; 1926-1927; 1974
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:
c. 1930s
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