Private Alfred J. Simpson Memorial Recreation Center
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Simpson Recreation Center
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Northwood Park - Alfred R. Simpson Playground and Recreation Center, 1953, 1962
Item — Drawer 6-1, Box: 2
Dates:
1953; 1962
Simpson Playground, 1975
File — Drawer 5.3
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...
Dates:
1975
Simpson Recreation Center: maintenance, 1984-1995, 2012
File — Drawer 4-5
Scope and Contents
The records in this file were given to the Fairmount Historic Resource Archive by the Department of Recreation. They were originally kept in a file folder labelled Simpson Recreation Center. Memorandums, photographs, work orders, and other records document the Department of Recreation's maintenance of this site.
Dates:
1984-1995; 2012