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This file contains photographs of the building exterior. It also documents various activities and events, including a baseball game, an egg-decorating contest, a gym class, a basketball clinic, a ballet class, and an arts and crafts class. It also contains photographs documenting vandalism at the recreation center.

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This file includes photographs of the building's exterior and park grounds. It also includes photographs of a Hat Show, soccer field day, people swimming, children playing baseball and basketball, the Recreation Department's Intermediate Basketball Championship game, the Maintenance Division working, and the Gino's Sharp Shooter free throw contest.

Scope and Contents This file includes exterior photographs of the park grounds and building, children using the playground equipment, and people swimming. Events depicted include the new gymnasium dedication ceremony (featuring Mayor Tate and Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford), a hula hoop contest, a basketball clinic taught by 76er Billy Cunningham, a tumbling workshop, a Little Miss America contest, a costume parade, the pool dedication ceremony, and "Fisharama" -- where live fish were released into...

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This file includes 8x10 black and white photographs of programs and events at Water Tower Recreation Center including a kite-flying contest, a 76ers basketball clinic, a tennis clinic, and the 1966 Tennis Finals. Notable people featured in this file include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

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...