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Photographs of a snowball fight and a game of touch football.

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 Photographs documenting Department of Recreation events and activities from 1955 to 1969. Events include lifeguard in-service training, the City Employees' Fair, Spring Recreation Conference, a Christmas-Hanukkah singalong for senior citizens, the American Public Works Association Convention, Bicycle Rodeo, city hoop-whirling championships, marbles contest, 7th Annual Children's Play and Ballet at the Wanamaker Building, basketball clinic at Camp Thumbs-Up, Big Band Dance at Convention Hall,...

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Photographs of the building exterior, park grounds, children playing on the playground equipment, backstage at a Christmas recital, people playing football and basketball, and damage caused by a 1973 fire.

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Photographs of the park grounds, building exterior, football game, people playing tennis, and children playing on the playground.