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Documents deterioration of several Philadelphia parks, namely Westmoreland Square, and Fotterall Square. Depicts park area at Queen Lane, 17th and Courtland, and 21st and Lehigh Streets. Shows Penn Square before City Hall was built, Fairmount Park near the Girard Avenue Bridge, and Eakins Oval and...
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1933-1942
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Documents deterioration of several Philadelphia parks, namely Westmoreland Square, and Fotterall Square. Depicts park area at Queen Lane, 17th and Courtland, and 21st and Lehigh Streets. Shows Penn Square before City Hall was built, Fairmount Park near the Girard Avenue Bridge, and Eakins Oval and the Parkway in the snow. Illustrates a relic in Ryers Mansion at Burholme Park as well as scenes in Aramingo Square, Baker Square, Disston Park, Fisher Park, Howell Park and Howell Home, Jefferson Square, Penn Treaty Park and Reyburn Park (at 22nd and Lehigh). Portrays a 4th of July pageant at Kenilworth Meadows, WPA landscaping at Powers Park, and the Germantown May Market at Vernon Park. Highlights the summer day camp at Pennypack Park with views of the bathing beach and the first aid station. Also depicts a horse show under the Roosevelt Bridge during Pennypack Day. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and |
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Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record. See inventory for names of parks. Refer to V7:3250-3251, 3253, 3257, 3300, 3302, 3304, 3311-3313, 3314-3315, 3325 |
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45 photoprints : silver gelatin; 1 oversize photoprint |