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Girard Avenue Bridge

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Girard Bridge Girard Ave Bridge

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Fairmount Park, c. 1900 - 2001, bulk: 1905-1914

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Fairmount Park Postcards Collection contains 198 postcards dating from approximately 1875 to 2001, with the bulk of the material dating from approximately 1875 to 1915. The majority of the postcards depict sites in Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Valley Park, including landscapes, historic houses, bridges, roads, fountains, monuments, and other park features. The collection also includes postcards depicting neighborhood parks, recreation sites, Philadelphia-area landmarks, and a small...
Dates: c. 1900 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1905-1914

Fairmount Park System, bridges: History - Girard Avenue Bridge, n.d.

 File — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: undated

Fairmount Park System, bridges: History - Girard Avenue Bridge, early documents, 1873

 File — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: 1873

Fairmount Park System, bridges: History - Girard Avenue Bridge, stolen plaque, c. 1999

 File — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: c. 1999

Girard Avenue Bridge, 1873

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2024, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates: 1873

Letter from Clarke, Reeves, and Co. applying for certain portions of Fairmount Park around and near the present bridge to aid them in building the new Girard Avenue Bridge subject to such restrictions as stated within, 1873 February 28

 Item — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: 1873 February 28

Letter to the Fairmount Park Commission from Joseph Singerly, Secretary of the Germantown Passenger Railway Company, requesting permission to lay another track to the Reading Railroad Bridge due to the insecurity of the Girard Avenue Bridge, 1873 April 10

 Item — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: 1873 April 10

Report by W. Sellers and S.L. Smedley to Theodore Cuyler granting Clarke Reeves & Co. permission to construct a turnout from the Junction Railroad and lay a track through a portion of the park during the construction of the Girard Avenue Bridge, 1873 February 27

 Item — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: 1873 February 27

Report to the Committee on Plans and Improvements by William Sellers and J. Edgar Thompson stating that the proposed plans for Girard Avenue Bridge do not suit the needs for the park, and a resolution that the proposed plans for the erection of a bridge is deemed inexpedient to take further action on the subject, 1873 January 3

 Item — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: 1873 January 3

Resolution of the Fairmount Park Commission granting permission to Clarke Reeves & Co. to lay track for the transportation of materials and to set aside ground in the vicinity of the bridge for storage, 1873 February 8

 Item — Drawer 6-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: 1873 February 8