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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Scanlon Recreation Center, 1960-1975

 File — Drawer 5.3
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the building exterior, park grounds and facilities, and children playing on playground equipment. Events documented include talent show, baseball game, maintenance division clinic on the care of baseball fields, Miss Spray Pool Contest, basketball game, and playground's dedication ceremony. Notable people pictured include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1960-1975

Shot Tower Recreation Center, 1957, 1967-1976

 File — Drawer 5.3
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the recreation building exterior, park grounds, and children playing on playground equipment. Events and programs documented include dedication ceremony and bubblegum blowing contest.

Dates: 1957; 1967-1976

Thomas Mitchell Playground, 1967-1976

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the site before development into a playground, building exterior, grounds and facilities, and children playing on playground equipment. Events documented include dedication ceremony, baseball game, Bicentennial Art Exhibit, opening of the pool, bubble gum-blowing contest, and 100-hour street hockey marathon to benefit multiple sclerosis. Notable people pictured include Department of Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1967-1976

Vare Recreation Center, 1957-1970

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the building exterior. Also documents various activities and events including baseball game, egg-decorating contest, gym class, basketball clinic, ballet class, and arts and crafts class. Also documents vandalism at the recreation center.

Dates: 1957-1970

Vogt Recreation Center, 1956-1969

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents Photographs of the park grounds and building exterior, children using playground equipment, and people swimming. Events documented include new gymnasium dedication ceremony, hula hoop contest, basketball clinic taught by 76er Billy Cunningham, tumbling workshop, Little Miss America contest, costume parade, pool dedication ceremony, and "Fisharama" where live fish were released into the pool and participants attempted to catch them with rods and reels. Notable people pictured include Mayor...
Dates: 1956-1969

Vogt Recreation Center, 1970-1979

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1970-1979

Water Tower Recreation Center, 1957-1972

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents

Photographs of programs and events at Water Tower Recreation Center including kite-flying contest, 76ers basketball clinic, tennis clinic, and 1966 Tennis Finals. Notable people pictured include Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

Dates: 1957-1972

Ziehler Playground, 1961-1978, 1985, 1999

 File — Drawer 5.4
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the building exterior, park facilities, and children playing on playground equipment and spray pool. Also documents various events and activities including Tom Thumb Wedding, recreational swimming, Bicycle Safety Rodeo, horseshoes contest, groundbreaking ceremony for a new senior citizen center, and baseball game. Also documents damage to the building caused by an explosion.

Dates: 1961-1978; 1985; 1999