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[Description and date of item], FP.2011.007, Aerial Mapping Project Files, Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives.
Date:
1981-1982 (bulk) and 1920-1982 (inclusive)
Abstract:
This collection contains photographs, notes and interpretations of multiple aerial mapping projects conducted over the city of Philadelphia. The largest of the “Aerial maps” series (1981-1982) contains two linear feet of black and white photos which are the result of a major Fairmount Park Commission mapping project undertaken between 1981 and 1983. The survey was performed by Aerial Data Reproduction Associates, Incorporated. This series contains visual documentation of East and West Fairmount Park, Wissahickon Valley Park, Pennypack Park, Cobb’s Creek Park and Tacony Creek Park. The series contains both positive and negative images. The photos are accompanied by three binders of analytical aero-triangulation data and field notes.
This collection contains photographs from the early 1920s to the 1980s. Interpretation and notes are only available for the comprehensive project conducted from 1981-1982.
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Collection Inventory
Aerial photographs of Fairmount Park.
Shelf GreenDrawer 1
Large scale photographs with index, 1965.
Shelf 63
General Physical Description note
These items are in extremely poor condition. Please handle with care.
Large scale photographs.
Drawer CE-13Folder 1
1-60 to 1-66, 1982.
1-73 to 1-89, 1982.
1-240 to 1-291, 1982.
2-17 to 2-24, 1982.
2-63 to 2-72, 1982.
3-100 to 3-109, 1982.
3-106 to 3-111, 1982.
3-172 to 3-199, 1982.
4-53 to 4-62, 1982.
4-152 to 4-157, 1982.
4-200 to 4-215, 1982.
5-77 to 5-87, 1982.
5-90 to 5-99, 1982.
5-156 to 5-171, 1982.
6-88 to 6-96, 1982.
6-110 to 6-117, 1982.
6-114 to 6-139, 1982.
7-52 to 7-59, 1982.
7-89 to 7-113, 1982.
7-118 to 7-134, 1982.
8-25 to 8-31, 1982.
8-74 to 8-88, 1982.
8-135 to 8-141, 1982.
9-10 to 9-16, 1982.
9-59 to 9-73, 1982.
9-142 to 9-160, 1982.
10-132 to 10-137, 1982.
10-161 to 10-185.
11-67 to 11-76, 1982.
11-202 to 11-225, 1982.
12-32 to 12-39, 1982.
12-243 to 12-225, 1982.
13-40 to 13-51, 1982.
13-186 to 13-194, 1982.
14-27 to 14-39, 1982.
14-138 to 14-144, 1982.
15-40 to 15-52, 1982.
16-13 to 16-18, 1982.
17-19 to 17-25, 1982.
18-226 to 18-242, 1982.
19-305 to 19-326, 1982.
20-278 to 20-304, 1982.
21-255 to 21-227, 1982.
22-327 to 22-335, 1982.
23-336 to 23-353, 1982.
Negatives, 1982.
Unidentified color prints, 1982.
duplicates, 1982.
Large scale photographic index for Fairmount Park.
Shelf GreenDrawer 6
Large scale photographs.
Drawer CE-13Folder 2
Fairmount and Wissahickon Parks Traverse Computations and Field Notes, 1981-1982.
Philadelphia Parks Analytical Aero-Triangulation and Field Notes: Penny Pack Park and Tacony Creek Park, 1981-1982.