Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Smith Memorial Playground;
Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from John B. Gest to David W. Sellers transferring proposed rules for the Smith Memorial Playground to the Fairmount Park Commission, 1899 April 14
Item — Drawer 3-2
Letter from John B. Gest to James McManes transferring printed copy of the Smith will to the Fairmount Park Commission, 1894 October 29
Item — Drawer 3-2
Letter to John B. Gest, Esq., regarding resolution, selection of site, building ownership, and caretaker selection (copy), 1899 May 25
Item — Drawer 3-2
Modified plan for laying out a portion of the Smith Memorial Mode Playgrounds, situated in East Fairmount Park, 1899
Item — Drawer F13 and F14, Folder: 1.2
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:
1899
Resolution from the Fairmount Park Commission regarding approval for Smith Memorial Playground construction, 1897 July 8
Item — Drawer 3-2
Resolution to ask Orphan's Court to use money from the Smith Trust to construct a playground outside the limits of Fairmount Park, 1917 March 14
Item — Drawer 3-2
Smith Memorial Playground, n.d.
File — Drawer 5.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...
Dates:
n.d.