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Photographs of the building, park grounds, facilities, and Connie Mack statue. Activities and events depicted include a dance class, a recreation leaders meeting, and a game of marbles.

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Photographs depicting exterior views of the City Hall building and courtyard, as well as the William Penn statue prior to its installation.

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...

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...

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...

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Photographs of the building exterior, park grounds, statue, Oriental plane trees, and a dedication ceremony. Notable people pictured include Recreation Commissioner Robert W. Crawford and Deputy City Representative Abe S. Rosen.

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Photographs of the site before playground development, playground and facilities exterior, groundbreaking ceremony, dedication ceremony, giraffe statue, and children playing on playground equipment. Notable people pictured include Mayor James Tate, Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford, and City Councilmen John B. Kelly, Jr., David Silver, and Paul D'Ortona.