Sculptures, Statues and Fountains
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Marconi Plaza: Christopher Columbus Monument. Proposed pedestal for the Christopher Columbus Memorial [fragile; in 2 pieces], n.d.
Item — Drawer N7: Series 7, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 7
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
n.d.
Marconi Plaza. Relocated statue at Marconi Plaza: Overall site plan; site plan focused on statue area, 1 of 2; plan - foundation for relocated statue, section - foundation for relocated statue, 2 of 2, 1976 January 5
Item — Drawer N7: Series 7, Folder: 1.1
Identifier: 7
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1976 January 5
Pedestal for Bronze Goat by Albert Laessle to be placed in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, plans, elevations and sections, 1919 February 20
Item — Drawer N8: Series 8, Folder: 4.2
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1919 February 20
Penn Treaty Park: Chief Tamanend statue correspondence, 2019-2023
Item — Drawer 4-4
Dates:
2019-2023
Proposed war memorial cross to be erected at intersection of Germantown Avenue, Mermaid Lane, and Cresheim Drive [2 copies], 1919
Item — Drawer W5 & W6, Folder: 3
Report of the Committee on Plans and Improvements regarding the removal from New York and the storage of the Pegasus sculptures; submitted by Theodore Cuyler, 1871 July 8
Item — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.
Dates:
1871 July 8
Rodin Museum, 1957-1959, 1997
File — Drawer 5.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a multitude of images of the Fairmount Park system created between 1855 and 2012 in a variety of formats. The “Photographic prints” collection consists of primarily of 8 x 10 prints of various park features, such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscape, construction and demolition, although sizes and content does vary widely throughout. This collection is a combination of photos which are official documents of the Fairmount Park Commission, and...
Dates:
1957-1959; 1997
Sculptures and Fountains Collection
Collection
Identifier: FP.2011.001
Scope and Contents note
The Sculpture and Fountain Collection contains materials documenting the sculptures and fountains throughout Philadelphia that the Department of Parks and Recreation maintains. Both photographic materials and records, such as restoration plans, are contained within the collection.
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1950-2000; Bulk, 1950-2000 c. 1870-2000