Fairmount Park Scenery
A scenic view of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia's largest public green space.
ParksFairmount ParkPhiladelphiaLandscapes
Collection
City Parks Association Photographs
Over 200 photographs from the City Parks Association of Philadelphia documenting the city's parks, playgrounds, and recreational spaces from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Association advocated for urban green spaces as essential to public health and civic life.
Total
items: 150
Date Range:
1890s-1920s
About This Collection
The City Parks Association was founded in 1888 to promote the creation and maintenance of parks and playgrounds in Philadelphia. These photographs document their advocacy work, capturing both the idyllic spaces they championed and the crowded neighborhoods that needed them. The collection is held by Temple University Libraries.
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37 featured items
Children at a City Playground
Children playing at a city playground, part of the movement to create recreational spaces in urban areas.
ChildrenPlaygroundsRecreationPhiladelphia
Park Fountain and Visitors
Visitors enjoying a park fountain on a warm day in early 20th-century Philadelphia.
ParksFountainsPhiladelphia
Awbury Arboretum
Image of layout plan for the Rose Garden of Awbury Arboretum in Germantown.
Rose gardens--Designs and plans
Awbury Arboretum
Group of people among trees at the edge of a pond.
Ponds
A residential tree-lined street in Bornville
Cadbury's freight station at Bournville
Walnut Street Bridge
View of the bridge crossing the river with coal plants along the bank.
Bridges
Street in Camden
34th Street Bridge
Bridges
War memorial at Crum Creek
War memorials
Stone bridge across a river
View from mid-river of a multi-span stone bridge spanning wooded river banks.
Stone bridges
Covered bridge across a river
View from mid-river of a covered bridge.
Covered bridges
View of 30th Street Station from center city
A view from north and east of 30th Street Station looking at the station from across teh Schuylkill River.
Exterior of 30th Street Station
Exterior of 30th Street side of 30th Street Station with cars in parking lot.
Filbert Street
Filbert Street
Row houses
Bus at Delaware and Oregon Avenues
Buses
Unidentified rowhomes
DwellingsRow houses
Washington Square
Municipal Auditorium under construction
Civic centersBuilding
Untitled (p15037coll5/1400)
Architectural drawing of layout of the Rodin Museum
Architectural drawing
Untitled (p15037coll5/1434)
Untitled (p15037coll5/1461)
Debris by the Susquehanna River
Joannes Park in Green Bay
ParksPlaygrounds
"View of the South Corner of the Museum"
Industry along the Schuylkill River
Fairview church and street
Fairview street
Fairview street
Yorkship Village construction
BuildingDwellings
Yorkship Village construction
BuildingDwellings
Yorkship Village street construction
BuildingDwellings
Yorkship Village construction
BuildingDwellings
Tuckahoe Road, Yorkship Village
BuildingDwellings
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