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Playground equipment at Seward Park.

In 1899, the ORL added a fully equipped gymnasium to the park, featuring an iron framework with parallel bars, flying rings, and scaling ladders, in addition to apparatus for high and broad jumping, pole vaulting, and shot-putting. This was the first permanent, municipally built playground in the nation. Photo: Jacob A. Riis, Museum of the City of New York.

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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914) [Seward Park.]
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ca. 1895 The playground equipment in Seward Park.

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