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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 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...