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[Swann Memorial Fountain, Logan Circle, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A63097
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Contributor
Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945, sculptor.
Eyre, Wilson, 1858-1944, architect.
Title
[Swann Memorial Fountain, Logan Circle, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
ca. 1923
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 10 x 12 cm. (3.75 x 4.5 in.)
Description
View of the fountain in winter. 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. Winter. Ice pack about 12 ft high. It has been from 15 to 18 ft high. This fountain is run on a circulating system. The same water being used over and over. A series of 3 electric motors in an underground room near the fountain do the pumping. Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in background. Outline of City Hall to the right. Note: Work out spot in sky.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject
Fountains -- 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 78 [P.8513.78]
Accession number
P.8513.78
In Collections
George Mark Wilson Photograph Collection
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