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Cobbs Creek Park

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Resolutions regarding replotting city streets and additions to Morris Park, Cobbs Creek, and Tacony Creek, 1924

 Item — Shelf 33, Box: 34
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates: 1924

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