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[Washington Monument, Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
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Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer.
Contributor
Siemering, Rudolf, 1835-1905, sculptor.
Title
[Washington Monument, Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1897
Date
ca. 1897
Physical Description
1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3 x 4 in.)
Description
View of the equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Photographer William Doering (left), Albert Lindsay (center) and an unidentified man stand in front of the monument with their bicycles. Other men admire the monument in the background. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts the monument at Green Street entrance.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers.
Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Subject
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Monuments -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bicycles & tricycles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Cycling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Green Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lantern slides -- 1890-1900.
Associated name
Siemering, Rudolf, 1835-1905, sculptor.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.34]
Accession number
P.9453.34
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William Harvey Doering Lantern Slide Collection
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