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Joseph F. Vogt Playground

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Vogt Playground; Vogt Recreation Center

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Maintenance Division, Department of Recreation staff, 1972-1973

 File — Drawer 6.4
Scope and Contents

This file contains photographs showing the Department of Recreation's Maintenance Division at work; named sites include Lackman Playground and Vogt Playground. Documents the Maintenance Division working on an ice rink and a Recreation Department Zamboni. It also contains photographs of a Maintenance Division meeting.

Dates: 1972-1973

Vogt Recreation Center, 1970-1979

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents

This file includes photographs of the building's exterior and park grounds. It also includes photographs of a Hat Show, soccer field day, people swimming, children playing baseball and basketball, the Recreation Department's Intermediate Basketball Championship game, the Maintenance Division working, and the Gino's Sharp Shooter free throw contest.

Dates: 1970-1979

Vogt Recreation Center, 1956-1969

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents This file includes exterior photographs of the park grounds and building, children using the playground equipment, and people swimming. Events depicted include the new gymnasium dedication ceremony (featuring Mayor Tate and Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford), a hula hoop contest, a basketball clinic taught by 76er Billy Cunningham, a tumbling workshop, a Little Miss America contest, a costume parade, the pool dedication ceremony, and "Fisharama" -- where live fish were released into...
Dates: 1956-1969