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,...

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Correspondence regarding the proposed relocation of the sculpture from Lemon Hill to the Carnivora House at the Philadelphia Zoo, including letters between Russell T. Vodges of the Fairmount Park Commission and Henri Marceau of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, between the Fairmount Park Art Association and the Zoological Society, and a letter to William Cadwalader regarding the relocation resolution (1950). Correspondence also notes that the sculpture had shifted from its base.