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Sketchbook c. 1947 belonging to Philadelphia-born artist John Francis Hart.

Subjects of the sketchbook include: Blue Bell Hill (Germantown/West Mount Airy), Spring Mills, PA; Shady Lake, PA (Cumberland Township); New Jersey; Livezey Home Spring House (Wissahickon Creek); Cresheim Valley; Nassau, Bahamas; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Pennsylvania Amish; and "Pulaskitown" in Germantown.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a wide range of items in terms of both content and format. The strongest series contains lithographs, etchings and engravings of various Fairmount Park locations and features- particularly views of and from Historic Houses, park features and the Fairmount Water Works. The bulk of this collection is from the mid to late 19th Century. Eight original carborundum and charcoal prints created by prominent local artists for the Works Progress Administration's...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection includes published park maps, trail guides, campaigns, event programs and brochures, park guidebooks, and other published materials.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.

Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.