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Year: 1941
Ivy Day Markers
1936 - 1948
* small
ivy leaves,
idea
* There are Ivy Day markers all over the Penn campus, but these are particularly sculptural.
* West wall.
Irvine Auditorium.
Northwest of 34th and Spruce.
* 39.950965,-75.193260 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Irvine Auditorium page
Giant Frog
Cornelia Van Auken Chapin,
1941
* big
frog
on a rock
* Between the Northeast entrance and the center of Rittenhouse Square.
Southwest from 18th and Walnut.
* 39.949600,-75.171675 [map] [nearby]
* On the Rittenhouse Square tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Cornelia Van Auken Chapin page
+wikipedia.org's Rittenhouse Square page
+friendsofrittenhouse.org
Thomas Sovereign Gates
Evelyn Beatrice Longman Batchelder,
1941
* Bust of Thomas Sovereign Gates
* small
head
* inscription:
1873-1948
University of Pennsylvania
Alumnus Class of 1893
Trustee 1921-1948
President 1930-1944
Chairman 1944-1948
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
President 1914-1918
* Niche in the wall.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
South side of Spruce, West of 34th..
* 39.950500,-75.194350 [map] [nearby]
* On the Penn Campus tour
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Evelyn Beatrice Longman page
+wikipedia.org's Thomas Sovereign Gates page
+wikipedia.org's Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania page
Triton Fountain
Donald De Lue,
1941
* Statue of Triton
* fish,
kneeling person,
fountain
* Not (as listed elsewhere) on North 6th
* Courtyard.
North side of Chestnut, East of 10th, behind a fence.
* 39.950365,-75.156190 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+sculptor.org's Donald De Lue page
+wikipedia.org's Donald De Lue page
+wikipedia.org's Triton page