Details
Creator Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title [Two boys in front of the Swann Memorial Fountain in Logan Circle in winter.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date ca. 1923
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 10 x 10 cm. (3.75 x 3.75 in.)
Description Two boys in snow-covered coats stand on the frozen water of Swann Memorial Fountain looking at the camera. Covered in ice, the three statues in the fountain spurt water in background. Architect Wilson Eyre, Jr. and sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder collaborated to create the fountain monument built at the bequest of Maria Elizabeth Swann, in memory of her late husband, Wilson Cary Swann, M.D. The three sculpted figures represent the three rivers around Philadelphia: the Indian symbolizes the Delaware River, the young woman depicts the Wissahickon, and the mature woman, the Schuylkill River.
Notes Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Fountain - Park Boulevard. Two citizens who were throwing the bull on the Boulevard. One said he was the best looking kid in his class - the other replied, "G'wan! If you'r [sic] the best-looker in the class I'm Jack Dempsy" [sic] [Dempsey].
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Fountains -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Winter -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Swann Memorial Fountain (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Geographic subject Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Associated name Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945, sculptor.
Associated name Eyre, Wilson, 1858-1944, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson 120 [P.8513.120]
Accession number P.8513.120