Photographs, 1938-1961 (Inclusive Dates).

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Photographs, 1938-1961 (Inclusive Dates).

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The majority of photographs in the Germantown Community Council collection depict Germantown Week/Vernon Fair activities sponsored by the organization. Other subjects represented include Germantown Community Council headquarters located in the Vernon building, a public health center, individuals touring the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, and the Queen Lane Housing Project in Philadelphia, Pennylvania. The collection also contains portraits of area artists Beatrice Fenton and Frederick Gill.

1 Linear Foot b/w photographs various sizes.

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Germantown Community Council.

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The Germantown Community Council was conceived in the Fall of 1933 by a group of Germantown women concerned with the lack of coordination among the large number of organizations operating in Philadelphia's 22nd ward. The first formal meeting was held March 6, 1934, at which time 15 organizations joined the Council. By 1958, membership had grown to 120 organizations and 250 individuals. During the late 1930s and 1940s, the Council restored the "Vernon" building in Vernon ...

Gill, Frederick C. (Frederick Cyril), 1898-1974

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Fenton, Beatrice, 1887-1983

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Beatrice Fenton was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 2, 1887. She studied in Philadelphia at the School of Industrial Art from 1903-1904, and at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1904-1911. Some of her principal works have been Seaward Fountain, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Fairy Fountain, Wister Woods and the bronze memorial tablet to Charles M. Schmitz. From the guide to the Beatrice Fenton Papers, 1960-1970, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Queen Lane Housing Project (Philadelphia, Pa.).

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