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Content: Shells
Shells
2010 (installed)
* small
shells
* Either side of the East entrance.
Academy of Natural Sciences.
West side of 19th between Cherry and the Parkway.
* 39.956600,-75.170950 [map] [nearby]
* On the JFK North tour
* See also:
+ansp.org
Packard Building Sign
Samuel Yellin,
1924 (year on sign)
* small
standing,
kneeling
people,
tools,
scroll,
staff,
oar,
plants,
lamps,
eagle,
lion's head,
seashell,
urns,
griffins,
sign
* Yellin is not listed anywhere as the artist for the sign, but he is listed as the metal worker for the building
* West Entrance.
Packard Building.
East side of 15th, South of Chestnut.
* 39.950650,-75.165650 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.orgs's Samuel Yellin page
+samuelyellin.com
+philadelphiabuildings.org's Packard Building page
The Tuttleman Center
2001
* partial people,
seated people,
ball of yarn,
cat,
cell phone and calculator, cooking utensils, movie equipment,
chinese characters,
flower,
food,
masks,
musical instruments,
pencil and paper,
sand,
shells,
sports equipment,
water
* This is only a representative sampling of the art.
* North wall.
Southwest from School House Lane and Henry Ave..
* 40.019400,-75.192375 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson East Falls Campus tour
The Washington Monument
Rudolf Siemering,
1897 (restored 1997)
* Monument to George Washington
* big
fountains,
groups of people,
standing people,
sitting and reclining people,
alligator,
bears,
birds,
bison and oxen,
elk and moose,
fish,
horses,
snake,
plants,
shells,
weapons,
drum,
net,
hats,
Pennsylvania State Seal
* West end of Eakins Oval.
Parkway at 24th.
* 39.964250,-75.179150 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Favorites
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1910 picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1959 picture of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Rudolf Siemering page
+wikipedia.org's George Washington page
+wikipedia.org's Eakins Oval page
