Fountains -- Pennsylvania
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Logan Square, Swann Memorial Fountain: Restoration & Revitalization of the Swann Memorial Fountain & Environs, n.d.
Item — Shelf Wooden 2
Memorial and fountain at Washington Square: Lettering on memorial, drawing no. 7; details of scrolls on memorial, drawing no. 3; sarcophagus, drawing no. 4; coffin; memorial, drawing no. 2 [reproduction]; mechanical, electrical wiring diagram, partial site plan, pool details, and pump pit details; guard chain and post around sarcophagus [fragile] [fragment], drawing no. 25; benches and bronze lily pad, drawing no. 5; general layout, plans, sections, and elevations, drawing no. 1 [reproduction], 1956-1957
Item — Drawer N10: Series 10, Folder: 3.1
Identifier: 10
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1956-1957
Pastorius Park: Correspondence - fountain contribution, 1917 January 23
File — Drawer 4-4
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Commissioners of Fairmount Park from George Woodward offering a fountain for the park
Dates:
1917 January 23
Philadelphia Zoo. Details of Impala Fountain and Impala Cafe area, 1987 October 7
Item — Drawer F15a, Folder: 4.4
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:
1987 October 7
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Impala Fountain and Small Mammal House: details of impala fountain; plot plan and details of impala fountain; plot plan, attic and basement details of the small mammal house; first floor plan, door schedule, metal frames and elevations of cages for the small mammal house; elevations, sections, and details of the small mammal house; basement plan, details of rotunda and miscellaneous details & room finish schedule of the small mammal house; basement, first floor and roof framing plans of the small mammal house; mechanical plan of impala fountain, 1962 October 22
Item — Drawer F15a, Folder: 4.3
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:
1962 October 22
Plan of site for Washington Monument, n.d.
Item — Drawer F18a, Folder: 2.2
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:
n.d.
Proposed location of water fountain at Henry Avenue and Gates Street and details, n.d.
Item — Drawer W15, W16, & W17, Folder: 4
Dates:
n.d.
Rehabilitation of fountain, Rittenhouse Square [fragile] [4 copies], 1956 March 29
Item — Drawer N8: Series 8, Folder: 4.2
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1956 March 29
Report of the Board of Managers and Charter and Bylaws of the Philadelphia Fountain Society, 1917
Item — Drawer 8.2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
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:
1917
Rittenhouse Square: Maintenance - fountain restoration, 1995-1997, 2014
File — Drawer 4-5
Dates:
1995-1997; 2014