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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Graham Bell Memorial, 1958-1962

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

Dates: 1958-1962

Alexander von Humboldt, 1869-1902, 1936-1966, 2008

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents Correspondence from the Humboldt Monument Committee requesting permission to erect a statue in the park in commemoration of the centennial of Humboldt's birth and asking the Fairmount Park Commission to select a site (1869), an invitation to the laying of the cornerstone (1869), and a letter thanking the Commission for the selected site (1869). Also includes a 1902 letter from Chief Engineer Jesse T. Vodges to Fairmount Park Commission President Loudon Snowden regarding conditions of the...
Dates: 1869-1902; 1936-1966; 2008

Atwater Kent Museum: Inventory of the Industrial Index of Philadelphia, 1992 April 28

 File — Drawer 8.4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates: 1992 April 28

Billy, 1939-2016

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

Dates: 1939-2016

Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain, 1873-2013

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

Dates: 1873-2013

Chief Justice John Marshall, 1929-1937, 1962, 2006

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

Dates: 1929-1937; 1962; 2006

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Benjamin Franklin Parkway), 1918-1923, 1956-1962

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents

Includes 1919 architectural plans of proposed memorial pylons by Lord & Hewlett.

Dates: 1918-1923; 1956-1962

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument (West Park), 1908, 1948, 1962

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

Dates: 1908; 1948; 1962

Colony in Schuylkill, 1946-1962, 2007

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents

Includes 1954 correspondence regarding the possible relocation of the memorial due to the construction of the expressway, 1946 blueprint design of the tablet with annotations and approval stamp by the Art Jury on verso, 1947 architectural drawings by Willing, Sims, & Talbutt, and 1959 site plans by Wheelwright, Stevenson, & Langran.

Dates: 1946-1962; 2007

Columbus Monument, 1876, 1912, 1962-1988, 2017-2022

 File — Drawer 7.2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection:

The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.

Dates: 1876; 1912; 1962-1988; 2017-2022