Details
Creator Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer.
Contributor Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor.
Title [Lincoln Monument, Kelly Drive, Fairmount Park.] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1895
Date ca. 1895
Physical Description 1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3 x 4 in.)
Description Depicts the bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation, sitting on a granite pedestal decorated with four eagles and garland. Located at East River (i.e. Kelly) and Lemon Hill Drives. Designed by Randolph Rogers in 1871 and was the third bronze memorial of Lincoln to be erected in the United States. The observation tower built for the Centennial Exhibition is visible in the background.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Commissioned by the Lincoln Monument Association.
Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Observation towers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- East.
Kelly Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lantern slides -- 1890-1900.
Associated name Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.31]
Accession number P.9453.31