Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, Content and design by John
Bewley Philadelphia in Images: Fairmount Park Lithograph by
Bufford's Lithog. on title page of: The Fairmount Quadrilles :
Selected & Arranged for the Piano Forte and Respectfully
Dedicated to Miss Agnes Franciscus of Baltimore / by John H.
Hewitt. Philadelphia: John F. Nunns, 1836. Box 27, no. 5.
Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is the largest, contiguous
municipal park in the world. Its origins can be traced back to
1812 when five acres along the Schuylkill River were set aside
for the city's first waterworks. By 1989 the park system had
grown to include 8,700 acres. The illustration by Bufford's
Lithography used on this item shows a view of Fairmount Park
from the landing of the stairs up Faire Mount. The fountain in
the ornamental grounds is visible, along with the covered bridge
and Harding's Hotel on the west bank of the Schuylkill River.
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