Willow Grove Park Association Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Willow Grove Park Association
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Collector
content: Cayton, Howard
label: Names
content: Cayton, Nathan
label: Names
content: Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932
place: label: Place
content: Montgomery County (Pa.) -- 1910-1930
label: Place
content: Pennsylvania -- 1910-1930
topic: label: Topic
content: Amusement parks -- 1910-1930 -- Pennsylvania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The membership card was donated by Howard Cayton, brother of the late Nathan Cayton, who owned the card. The guidebook was found in the collections of the Division of Home and Community Life, National Museum of American History (NMAH), Smithsonian Institution (SI).
creator: label: Creator
content: Willow Grove Park Association
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Collector
content: Cayton, Howard
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content: Willow Grove Park Association Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of a guidebook and membership card from the Willow Grove Park Association.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Willow Grove Park located in Pennsylvania was created by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company as a trolley park in 1896. The park provided an incentive for people to ride by serving as a destination on the trolley line. Initially the park offered a series of concerts and eventually evolved into an amusement park. Willow Grove Park closed in 1975 and is now the site of the Willow Grove Park Mall.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Folder
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910, 1929
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Community Life, formerly the Division of Home and Community Life, now Division of Cultural and Community Life) on December 5, 1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0362
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Guidebooks
label: Type
content: Membership cards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, December 14, 1989.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Guidebooks -- 1910-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Membership cards -- 1920-1930
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a guidebook which briefly describes events for the 1910 season with photographic illustrations. In addition, there is a 1929 membership card for the Willow Grove Park Association. The materials are housed in one box.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: National Museum of American History, Archives Center


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