Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Sculpture and Fountain Collection documents the public sculptures and fountains of the Fairmount Park System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains photographs and visual materials depicting individual sculptures and fountains, ranging from nineteenth century works to contemporary installations. Series 2 contains administrative and historical records for individual sculptures and fountains, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, architectural drawings, clippings,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence from John Bellangee Cox presenting reproductions of The Wrestlers and Silenus and the Infant Bacchus to the Fairmount Park Commission and notifying them of selected sites, and proposing a new pedestal and location for the Hudson Bay Wolves (1885). Also includes correspondence approving placement of The Wrestlers in front of Memorial Hall and the relocation of The Boxer to the interior of Memorial Hall (1951), a letter confirming the relocation of The Wrestlers from Lemon Hill...