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Year: 1950

Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial
Walker Hancock, 1950 (installed 1952)
* big vertical people (one winged)
* prominently displayed in the movie Witness
* inscription:
front:
In memory of the men and women of the Pennsylvania Railroad who laid down their lives for our country 1941-1945.
back:
That all travelers here may remember those of the Pennsylvania Railroad who did not return from the Second World War.
* East end of the main lobby. 30th Street Station. Northeast corner, 30th and Market.
* 39.955655,-75.181400 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of Technology tour
* Exhibits: Religious, War, Mass Transit
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Walker Hancock page
+wikipedia.org's 30th Street Station page

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Playing Angels
Carl Milles, 1950 (installed 1972)
* vertical angels, musical instruments
* Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive.
* 39.980225,-75.198840 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* Exhibits: Favorites, Religious
* See also:
+associationforpublicart.org's page for this piece
+wikipedia.org's Carl Milles page

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Schuylkill Navy War Memorial
1950
* small Schuylkill Navy logo, seahorses, oars, hand, triton
* inscription:
This Grandstand is dedicated to the memory of oarsmen who made the supreme sacrifice.
World War I, World War II.
Erected by the Schuylkill Navy, July 4, 1950
* Wall. Schuylkill Grandstand. River side of Kelly Drive.
* 39.985540,-75.202425 [map] [nearby]
* On the Kelly Drive tour
* Exhibits: War
* See also:
+boathouserow.org