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Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 160 Collections and/or Records:

Fairmount Park, Benjamin Franklin Parkway: View of the Parkway, c. 1920

 Item — Drawer 4-1, Box: 1
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.

Dates: c. 1920

FCC study: Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 21st Street and 22nd Street, 1959 April

 Item — Drawer F19, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates: 1959 April

FCC study: Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Rodin Museum area, 1950 October 24

 Item — Drawer F19, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates: 1950 October 24

Incomplete plans of Benjamin Franklin Streetscape Improvements from 16th to 19th Street (sheets 29-31), 2013 August 15

 Item — Drawer F21b, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates: 2013 August 15

Incomplete set of landscape planting plan of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from 16th to 19th Streets (missing sheet #4), 2012 September 28

 Item — Drawer F21b, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates: 2012 September 28

Incomplete set of site architecture layout plans and details of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 16th to 19th Streets (missing sheets 8 to 15), n.d.

 Item — Drawer F21b, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates: n.d.