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Content: Donkeys
Good Samaritan
* people
standing,
sitting,
donkey,
suggestion of a building,
hospital seal
* inscription:
Take care of him and I will repay thee.
* Wall.
Pennsylvania Hospital.
South side of Spruce between 8th and 9th.
* 39.945750,-75.155600 [map] [nearby]
* On the Washington Square tour
* Exhibits: Medical,
Religious,
Unidentified
* See also:
+pennmedicine.org's Pennsylvania Hospital page
Penn Quad Gargoyles
1894 - 1911
* small
crouching and horizontal
people,
heads,
headgear,
squirrel,
seahorse,
donkeys,
frogs,
dragon,
balls,
shields,
books,
food,
staff,
musical instruments
* Walls.
Penn Quad.
South side of Spruce from 36th to 38th.
* 39.950875,-75.197400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* Exhibits: Gargoyles
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the Quad
Fidelity Bank Building
1928
* reclining people,
heads,
standing people,
headgear,
hammer, artists tools,
quill and scroll,
dragons,
ship,
weapons,
lion,
tree,
donkey,
sun,
sundial
* inscription:
Libertas Americana, 4 Juil 1776
Non sine diis animosusinians 17 Oct. 1777 - 19 Oct. 1781
Fugio. 1787, Mind your business
Value me as you please
Masathusets
* Whole building.
East side of Broad between Sansom and Walnut.
* 39.949675,-75.163925 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building