Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title Logan Square and Parkway postcards. [graphic].
Date 1915-1960
Physical Description 37 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Contains images of Logan Square, Logan Circle and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from many different perspectives. Depicts popular landmarks on the parkway including the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Central Branch of the Free Library, City Hall, the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul and Pennsylvania Railroad's Suburban Station. Images document Logan Square and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before, during and after construction from 1917-1926.
Notes Contains 21 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white. Also includes 11 linen postcards.
Logan Square marked the central portion of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, connecting the wider linear segment running east from the Art Museum terminus and the thinner portion running west from City Hall. Based on plans designed by Jacques Greber, who was also responsible for the World's Exposition held in Paris in 1937. One of many boulevards created during the City Beautiful movement, emphasizing an attractive environment of green landscapes and classical civic buildings that would create moral and civic minded citizens during a time when American cities were afflicted by poverty and overcrowded living conditions.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Geographic subject Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1910-1960.
Photomechanical prints -- 1910-1960.
Postcards -- 1910-1960.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Logan Square and Parkway - 133]
Accession number Brightbill 133
133-a01-a
133-a02-a
133-a06-b