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Photographs documenting recreational swimming, Max Myers Pool Water Carnival, and Open Gold Medal Swim Meet.

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Photographs of the building exterior, grounds, and facilities, and children playing on playground equipment. Recreation activities documented include baseball games, swim meets, basketball games, soccer clinic, indoor roller hockey, boxing, and recreational swimming.

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Photographs of the park grounds, pool, playground, and children swimming. Also documents pool ribbon-cutting ceremony. Notable people pictured include Department of Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford and City Councilman Harry Jannotti.

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Photographs of the park's building, grounds, and facilities. Events documented include watermelon-eating contest, teenage dance party, Baby Parade, ping pong ball-spoon race, quick draw contest, bubble gum contest, onion-peeling contest, masquerade contest, doll show, flag-making contest, apple-dunking contest, costume parade, and opening of the new pool. Notable people pictured include Department of Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

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Photographs of the building exterior, playground, park grounds, people swimming, children playing on playground equipment, baseball game, and Recreation Department's Maintenance Division at work. Events documented include playground dedication ceremony and pool ribbon-cutting ceremony. Notable people pictured include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford and City Councilman Wilbur Hamilton.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, 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...

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Photographs of the building exterior, children using playground equipment, and children swimming in the Recreation Department's Portable Pool. Events documented include pool dedication ceremony and softball game. Notable people pictured include Department of Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford and City Councilman Paul D'Ortona.

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Photographs of the recreation building exterior, playground, and park grounds. Programs and events documented include Novice Swimming Championship meet, game of wheelchair basketball, Samuel Recreation Center's program for handicapped youth, and dedication ceremony. Notable people pictured include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

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Photographs of the site before development into a park, park grounds, people swimming, dedication ceremony, and pool ribbon-cutting ceremony. Notable people pictured include Mayor Frank Rizzo, Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, and City Councilman Harry Jannotti.

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Photographs of events and activities taken at school playgrounds. Locations include Belmont School Playground, Thomas Holme School, Central High School, Philadelphia High School for Girls, Webster School Playground, 6th and Master Streets, Girard School Playground, Olney High School, Jenks School Playground, and Alcorn School Playground.