Photo illustration: Wading Pool in Hoboken Park Playground, Hudson County Park System, New Jersey (Designed by Charles N. Lowrie of New York.) Published 1935.
Photo illustration: "Wading Pool in Hoboken Park Playground, Hudson County Park System, New Jersey" (Designed by Charles N. Lowrie of New York.) Published 1935.
Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0051
Scope and Content
Photo illustration: "Wading Pool in Hoboken Park Playground, Hudson County Park System, New Jersey" (Designed by Charles N. Lowrie of New York.) Published 1935.
View of swimming area in on the west side of Hudson County Park (Columbus Park) between Ninth and Tenth Streets.
Leaf being pages 149-150 removed from: Play Areas: Their Design and Equipment, prepared by National Recreation Association, A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, 1935.
Photo-engraved illustration printed on page 149; full legend below.
Plate No. 89
Wading Pool in Hoboken Park Playground, Hudson County Park System, New Jersey
(Courtesy of The American City)
The nearby city streets and apartment houses are entirely shut off by the heavy plantations around this wading pool. This illustrates how a small amount of playground space well planted and maintained can create a parklike effect on a heavily attended city playground. The designer of this are was Charles N. Lowrie of New York.
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Acquisition
Accession
2015.001
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1935 - 1935
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1935
Date(s): 1935
General Notes
Note
Notes: Hudson County Park which is now Columbus Park. It was also once referred to on maps and in publications as Tenth Street Park. Covers the block from Ninth to Tenth Streets and Willow to beyond Clinton St. which is interrupted by the park.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-04-08
