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Benjamin Franklin Medallion

Benjamin Franklin Medallion
Sydney Jelinek (Architect), 1959
* Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
* big head
* Originally on the wall of the Franklin Motor Inn on the Northeast corner of 22nd and Pennsylvania/Hamilton. The medallion survived an eventual rename to Best Western, but not the demolition of the building in June, 2008.
* Wall.
* Exhibits: Missing
* See also:
+baldwinparkphilly.org's history of what is now Dalian on the Park, including the Franklin Motor Inn, with a picture of this piece
+ushistory.org's The Electric Ben Franklin