Trees
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Proposed tree planting along Chestnut Street: 8th Street to 18th Street, 1962 January 4
Item — Drawer F21a, Folder: 5.1
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 January 4
Proposed tree planting, Race - Vine Street widening Franklin Square, with list of trees to be removed and tree planting list, 1954 April 8
Item — Drawer N4: Series 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: 4
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:
1954 April 8
Pulaski Park. Landscaping details and tree planting, D-1, n.d.
Item — Drawer N8: Series 8, Folder: 2.1
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:
n.d.
Report of the Committee on Street Trees on tree census; actions of Street Tree Department, 1912 November 13
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes 2023's Philly Tree Plan: Growing Our Urban Forest
Dates:
1912 November 13
Resolution authorizing park to use Elliott Cresson fund for the planting of trees, 1889
Item — Drawer 8.3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Includes 2023's Philly Tree Plan: Growing Our Urban Forest
Dates:
1889
Trees including Arbor Week and FP Frog, n.d.
File — Drawer 4.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...
Dates:
n.d.
Vernon Park: General, 1938, 1968-1973
File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents
This file contains photos of the park grounds, Oriental plane trees, and a performance of the opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" by the Rittenhouse Opera Company.
Dates:
1938; 1968-1973
Wissinoming Park, 1934-1938, 1967-1976, 1998
File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents
This file contains photographs of the park grounds, building exterior, a football game, people playing tennis, and children playing on the playground.
Dates:
1934-1938; 1967-1976; 1998