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Photographs of the Columbus Square round house building, groundbreaking ceremony, children and adults using park facilities, an ice cream-eating contest, and an opera performance.

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 playground and grounds, as well as the construction of the bocce court.

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Photographs of the park grounds and facilities, the maintenance division constructing the bocce court shelter, the park dedication ceremony, and a bocce game. Notable people pictured include Recreation Commissioner Robert W. Crawford.

Scope and Contents Photographs of the building exterior, grounds, children playing on the playground equipment, and children playing in the spray pool. Events and programs documented include the recreation center groundbreaking ceremony, a bocce championship game, the Guerin Music Festival, the indoor bocce center groundbreaking ceremony, a Gold Medal basketball game, arts and crafts sessions, demolition ceremonies prior to the recreation center's construction, performances from the Folk Dance Festival, and a...

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Photographs of the park grounds, children playing on playground equipment, and people swimming. Events documented include the playground dedication ceremony and bocce court dedication ceremony. Notable people pictured include Mayor Frank Rizzo and Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

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Photographs of the park grounds, building exterior, demolition ceremonies, bocce game, and people playing basketball. Notable people pictured include Mayor Richardson Dilworth, Mayor James Tate, and Recreation Commissioner Robert Crawford.

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...

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Photographs of the recreation building exterior, park grounds, children playing on playground equipment, Recreation Department personnel, people swimming, and senior citizens playing cards and bocce.