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Works Progress Administration Map Collection

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Held at: Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives [Contact Us]1515 Arch Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
2012.10
Repository:
Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives
Extent:
20.0 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], FP.2012.010, Works Progress Administration Map Collection, Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives.
Date:
c. 1930s
Abstract:
This collection is composed of maps sponsored and created by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. It contains topographic plans of East Fairmount Park, West Fairmount Park, and Cobb's Creek Park. All items in this collection have been digitized and are available online at the Philadelphia Athenaeum's website: http://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/index2.cfm?ct=17

The numerical order assigned for items in this collection correspond with their digitized indexes.

Subject
Place

Publisher
Fairmount Park Historic Resource Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Caity Tingo
Finding Aid Date
10/23/12
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research. Due to fragility of the documents, staff supervision may be necessary.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions governing access to this collection.

Collection Inventory

Key plan to topographical sheets, Fairmount Park. [1 unique sheet; 4 sheets total], 14 April 1939.
Drawer WPA-1
1.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Lansdowne Drive and Concourse, also featuring location of Sweetbrier Mansion.
Drawer WPA-1
2.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Lansdowne Drive and Parkside Avenue as they intersect the North and South Concourse.
Drawer WPA-1
3.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Lansdowne Drive, Black Road, and West River Drive, also featuring the location of Memorial Hall and Cedar Grove.
Drawer WPA-1
4.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Parkside Avenue and South George's Hill Drive, featuring the location of George's Hill.
Drawer WPA-1
5.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of South George's Hill Drive, 52nd Street, and South Concourse, featuring the location of the Rhode Island Building and English Building.
Drawer WPA-1
6.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of George's Hill Drive, 52nd Street, and Belmont Avenue, also featuring the location of the Ohio House.
Drawer WPA-1
7.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Lansdowne Drive, Belmont Avenue, and Montgomery Drive, also featuring the location of the Japanese House and Horticultural Hall.
Drawer WPA-1
8.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Lansdowne Drive and West River Drive, also featuring the location of greenhouses.
Drawer WPA-1
9.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of East River Drive, the Schuylkill River, and West River Drive, also featuring the location of Belmont Pumping Station.
Drawer WPA-1
10.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of North George's Hill Drive and Parkside Avenue.
Drawer WPA-2
11.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of North George's Hill Drive, Wynnefield Drive, and Belmont Avenue .
Drawer WPA-2
12.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Belmont Mansion.
Drawer WPA-2
13.. Topographic plan in the vicinity northwest of the Fairmount Park Trolley Barn and southeast of the sheep barn.
Drawer WPA-2
14.. Topographic plan in the vicinity northwest of Belmont Stables.
Drawer WPA-2
15.. Topographic plan in the vicinity northwest of the Schuylkill River near a railroad junction.
Drawer WPA-2
16.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of East River Drive, the Schuylkill River, and West River Drive northwest of Sedgeley Drive.
Drawer WPA-2
17.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Belmont Avenue, Cedar Drive, and Edgely Drive.
Drawer WPA-2
18.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Ford Road, the race track and the speedway.
Drawer WPA-2
19.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Ford Road, Greenland Drive, and West River Drive, also featuring the location of Greenland Mansion.
Drawer WPA-2
20.. Topographic plan depicting the area northwest of West River Drive near a railroad junction.
Drawer WPA-3
21.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Ford Road and Midvale Avenue.
Drawer WPA-3
22.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Midvale Avenue, the Speedway, and Greenland Drive.
Drawer WPA-3
23.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Midvale Avenue, Conoshohocken Road, and Falls Road.
Drawer WPA-3
24.. Topographic plan in the vicinity west of Falls Bridge and West River Drive near the Chamounix region and two lakes.
Drawer WPA-3
25.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of West River Drive and the twin bridges.
Drawer WPA-3
26.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Neill Drive and Falls road, near the Philadelphia Country Club.
Drawer WPA-3
27.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of City Line Avenue and Neill Drive.
Drawer WPA-3
28.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of the Strawberry Bridge, Strawberry Road, East River Drive, and Edgely Drive.
Drawer WPA-3
29.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Dauphin Street, Ridge Avenue, and Strawberry Drive depicting the Robin Hood Dell East and the Strawberry Bandshell.
Drawer WPA-3
30.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Fountain Green Drive, Mount Pleasant Drive, and East River Drive, also featuring the location of Mount Pleasant.
Drawer WPA-4
31.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Fountain Green Drive, Mount Pleasant Drive, and Reservoir Drive, also featuring the location of Ormiston.
Drawer WPA-4
32.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Reservoir Drive and Diamond Street.
Drawer WPA-4
33.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of 33rd Street and Diamond Street.
Drawer WPA-4
34.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Fountain Green Drive, East River Drive, the Schuylkill River, West River Drive, and Lansdowne Drive.
Drawer WPA-4
35.. Topogaphic plan in the vicinity of East River Drive, also featuring the location of the Smith Memorial, the Cliffs, and a railroad junction.
Drawer WPA-4
36.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Reservoir Drive, Thirty-Third Street and Master Drive.
Drawer WPA-4
37.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of East River Drive, Sedgeley Drive, and Lemon Hill Drive, also featuring the location of boathouses on Boathouse Row.
Drawer WPA-4
38.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Sedgeley Drive, Lemon Hill Drive and Poplar street.
Drawer WPA-4
39.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Spring Garden Street bridge, Aquarium Drive, and East River Driver, also featuring the locations of the Italian Fountain, Aquarium, and Public Boathouse.
Drawer WPA-4
40.. Topographic plan in the vicinity of Pennsylvania Avenue and the Benjamin Franklin parkway, also featuring the location of Eakins Oval and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Drawer WPA-4

S1.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek and the Cobb's Creek Parkway from Pine Street to Market Street.
Drawer WPA-5
S1A.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek from Sixty-First Street to an area west of Daggert Street.
Drawer WPA-5
Topographic plan showing a portion of Glencoe Road and Chesnut Street, unnumbered, adjacent to S1.
Drawer WPA-5
S2.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek and the Cobb's Creek Parkway from Carpenter Street to Osage Avenue.
Drawer WPA-5
S2A.. Topographic plan depicting portion of the Cobb's Creek Parkway southwest of the intersection of Callowhill Street and Sixty-Fifth Street.
Drawer WPA-5
S3.. Topographic plan depicting the vicinity surrounding and northwest of Cobb's Creek and the Cobb's Creek Parkway near Washington Avenue from Sixty-First Street to Sixty-Second Street.
Drawer WPA-5
S4.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek and Baltimore Avenue approximately from Sixty-First Street to Fifty-Ninth Street.
Drawer WPA-5
S5.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek, the Cobb's Creek Parkway, and Whitby Avenue approximately from Willow Avenue to Thole Street.
Drawer WPA-5
Topographic plan showing limited portion of Cobb's Creek and Whitby Avenue, unnumbered, adjacent to S4 and S5.
Drawer WPA-5
S6.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek and the Cobb's Creek Parkway from Mount Moriah Cemetery to Fifty-Ninth Street.
Drawer WPA-5
S7.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding West Cobb's Creek Parkway, Cobb's Creek, and Cobb's Creek Parkway approximately from Sixty-Fifth Street to Mount Moriah Cemetery.
Drawer WPA-5
Topographic plan, unnumbered, adjacent to S7.
Drawer WPA-5
S8.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek and the Cobb's Creek Parkway from Seventieth Street to Sixty-Fifth Street.
Drawer WPA-5
S9.. Topographic plan depicting the region surrounding Cobb's Creek and the Cobb's Creek Parkway from Woodland Avenue to a railroad crossing.
Drawer WPA-5

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