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Fountains

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Sculptures and Fountains Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FP.2011.001
Scope and Contents note

The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1950-2000; Bulk, 1950-2000 c. 1870-2000

Site plan of relocation of Mary Rebecca Darby Smith Fountain and Monument, n.d.

 Item — Drawer F12c, Folder: 4.1
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.

Specifications for work and materials required in the erection and completion of a Granite Fountain, Plan No. 1, with its appurtenances in Fairmount Park, according to the plans and under the supervision of Lindley Johnson, Architect, and the Chief Engineer and Superintendent of Fairmount Park [2 copies and draft], 1897

 Item — Drawer 8.2
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes Fifty-fifth annual report of the Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the year ending December 31, 1923; Philadelphia Fountain Society report of the board of managers charter and by-laws (1917); 1897 specifications plans no. 1 and 2

Dates: 1897

Specifications for work and materials required in the erection and completion of a Marble Fountain, Plan No. 2, with its appurtenances in Fairmount Park, according to the plans and under the supervision of Lindley Johnson, Architect, and the Chief Engineer and Superintendent of Fairmount Park [2 copies and draft], 1897

 Item — Drawer 8.2
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes Fifty-fifth annual report of the Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the year ending December 31, 1923; Philadelphia Fountain Society report of the board of managers charter and by-laws (1917); 1897 specifications plans no. 1 and 2

Dates: 1897