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Seaweed Girl Fountain

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Seaweed Girl, 1962-2019, undated

 File — Drawer 7.3
Scope and Contents

Records documenting the Fairmount Park Commission's 1977 search for the two women who modeled for Beatrice Fenton's Seaweed Girl and Nereid Fountain, including a press release announcing the search and a clipping reporting that model Mary Wilson had been located. Also includes 2009 correspondence regarding Wilson's family, a deed of trust (2000), a charitable trust agreement (2001), and an undated description of the sculpture submitted to the Art Jury.

Dates: 1962-2019; undated

Seaweed Girl Fountain, c. 1870, 1921, 1957, 1998

 File — Drawer 7.1
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of the fountain, the preliminary model submitted to the Art Jury, and photographs of the Fish Fountain formerly located near Lemon Hill Mansion.

Dates: c. 1870; 1921; 1957; 1998