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Fountains -- Pennsylvania

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain

 File
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection of slides documents significant naturalist and structural features of the Fairmount Park system. It extends beyond the watershed parks to include many neighborhood parks, sculptures and fountains, major events and activities, and the greater Philadelphia area. A limited number of map and graphic images stored in slide form are included, as well as a few presentations and analyses projects. The majority of the collection is categorized alphabetically according to...
Dates: n.d.

Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain. Catholic fountain present dimensions. [1 sheet], 1936 November

 Item — Drawer F11, Folder: 2.1
Identifier: FP.2019.0
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: 1936 November

Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain. Present Dimensions. [1 sheet], 1936 November

 Item — Drawer F11, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: FP.2019.0
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: 1936 November

Fairmount Park, Grand Fountain: Fountain in Strawberry Park

 Item — Drawer 4-1, Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.

Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

Dates: c. 1900 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1905-1914

Fairmount Park System, fountains: History - early documents, 1897-1923, 1947

 File — Drawer 8.2
Scope and Contents

Includes Fifty-fifth annual report of the Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the year ending December 31, 1923; Philadelphia Fountain Society report of the board of managers charter and by-laws (1917); 1897 specifications plans no. 1 and 2

Dates: 1897-1923; 1947

Fairmount Park, Temperance Fountain: Fairmount Park. no 30. the Temperance Fountain, c. 1910

 Item — Drawer 4-1, Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.

Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

Dates: c. 1910

Fairmount Park, Washington Monument: Washington's Monument, 1907

 Item — Drawer 4-1, Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.

Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

Dates: 1907

Fairmount Park, William Leonidas Springs Fountain: Wm. Leonidas Spring

 Item — Drawer 4-1, Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.

Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

Dates: c. 1900 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1905-1914