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Title: The new international encyclopaedia
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908 Peck, Harry Thurston, 1856-1914 Colby, Frank Moore, 1865-1925
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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nal Fair5Iount, for water-works and park purposes, led tothe formation of the park. To this were addedareas of woodland, and country seats, the Lans-downe estate of Governor John Penn. Eagle<fiel<l,Sweet Briar, and Solitude: the Belmont home ot.Judge Peters of the Supreme Court, where Wash-in,ffton, Franklin, .Jefterson, Lafayette, and othersvisited; ilount Pleasant, the residence of Bene-dict Arnold; Georges Hill (83 acres), presentedby .Jesse and Rebecca George; Strawberry Man-sion, Lemon Hill, Ormiston, and Edgely. Theminiature Letitia House, built bv William Pennfor his discontented datighter. was trans)iortidfrom the cit,v. The Zoijlogical Gardens are maintained by private subscription, admission re-ceipts, and municipal appropriations contingentupon the free admission of school children. TheCentennial Exposition of 1876 brought nian.ynoteworthy structures into the park, the mostimportant that remain being Horticultural Hall,with a fine exotic collection, and Memorial Hall,
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I Q._lUi a< i Q. I PHILADELPHIA. 695 PHILADELPHIA. where are exhibited the Wilstach Art Collectionand the display of the Pennsjlvania Museum andSchool of industrial Art. A trolley line, belowgrade, eight miles long, extends to the chiefpoints of attraction. A speedway, one mile inlength, is being completed. The Schuylkill isfrequently tlie scene of regattas, and there archandsome stone boat houses on its eastern bank. ilany fine monuments have been placed in thepark. The Washington Monument by Siemeringof Berlin is the most imposing. Funds for itserection were provided by the Society of the Cin-cinnati, the subscriptions, begim in 1819, ag-gregating $2.50,000 when the monument was un-veiled in May, 1897. It stands at the GreenStreet entrance, the termination of the ParkBoulevard. This thoroughfare, projected in 1903,is to be 160 feet wide from City Hall to LoganSquare, and thence 300 feet wide to the park. Inthe same year was authorized the construction ofthe Torresdale Boulevard.

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