Fairmount Park houses
Scope and Content Note
This series contains images of the various Fairmount Park houses, Memorial Hall, and the Perelman Building. Memorial Hall was the Museum's original home constructed for the Centennial, and most of the included images pertain to the installation of the Indian pillared temple in 1919-1920. "Other buildings" consists of a print of Horace Trumbauer's 1918 drawing of the proposed John G. Johnson Memorial and Art Gallery, which was planned to be built on the Parkway, as well as photographs of the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial.
Dates
- 1919-1999, undated
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 12.5 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Creator, Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives Repository
Philadelphia Museum of Art
PO Box 7646
Philadelphia PA 19101-7646 United States
archives@philamuseum.org