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Oakland Detail from 1866 Map
of Marion County, Indiana
Created / Published - Philadelphia : C.O. Titus, Publisher, 1866.
Description:
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the 1865 by C.O. Titus in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." LC Land ownership maps, 158 Includes distance table, business directories, statistical table (1860 census), views of public and commercial buildings. Insets: Bridgeport -- Allison Ville -- Vertland -- Popular Grove -- Augusta -- Board Ripple -- West Newton -- Clermont -- Lanesville -- New Brethel -- Acton -- Cumber -- Oakland -- Southport -- Millarsville -- Spring Valley -- Mt. Jackson -- Wellington -- Hosbrook. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Source: Library of Congress
An image search on keword "Oaklandon" has yielded a bunch more images of the wooden play area that (beyond pictures) exists only as fond memories in the minds of those park-goers fortunate enough to have visited this unique creation. I would surely like to learn who was actually behind designing and building this work of art. I feel a research project coming on...
The following images were retrieved from MapOfPlay


All Images Uploaded on August 26, 2011 by Angie Six
Source: https://mapofplay.kaboom.org/playspaces/99578