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Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row. On the Kelly Drive tour. There is also the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial Fountain on JFK Plaza.
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Spanning the Continent Robert Laurent, 1937 * two people standing, farm implement, bonnet * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.973275,-75.190700 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's Robert Laurent page |
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The Miner John B. Flannagan, 1938 * crouching person, miner's tools * inscription: They searched the earth for treasure. * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.973375,-75.190850 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's John Bernard Flannagan page |
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The Ploughman J. Wallace Kelly, 1938 * kneeling person * inscription: They broke the land for harvest. * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.973425,-75.190700 [map] * See also: +michenermuseum.org's J. Wallace Kelly Page |
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Welcoming to Freedom Maurice Sterne, 1939 * Quotes from William Cullen Bryant and Abraham Lincoln * two people, one standing, one sitting * inscription: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right. As God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in. - Abraham Lincoln Here the free spirit of mankind at length throws its first fetters off and who shall place a limit to the giant's unchained strength, or curb his swiftness in the forward race. - William Cullen Bryant * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.973885,-75.191000 [map] * See also: +askart.com's Maurice Sterne page +wikipedia.org's William Cullen Bryant page +wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page |
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The Immigrant Heinz Warneke, 1940 * kneeling person, staff * inscription: They came seeking freedom * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.973800,-75.190925 [map] * See also: +Heinz Warneke papers at Syracuse University |
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The Slave Helene Sardeau, 1940 * kneeling person * inscription: Their bands have broken asunder. * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.973775,-75.191060 [map] * Exhibits: African American * See also: +Smithsonian archives photograph of Helene Sardeau in her studio |
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Settling of the Seaboard Wheeler Williams, 1942 * Quotes from William Penn and Alexander Whitaker * group of people, standing, sitting, trees * inscription: I have great love and regard towards you and desire to win and gain your love and friendship by a kind, just and peacable life and the people I send are of the same mind and shall in all things behave themselves accordingly. -William Penn to the Indians If we consider the almost miraculous beginning and continuance of this plantation we must needs confess that God hath opened this passage unto us and led us by the hand unto this work. -Aleaxander Whitaker * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.972440,-75.190360 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org's Wheeler Williams page +wikipedia.org's William Penn page +wikipedia.org's Alexander Whitaker page |
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The Puritan Harry Rosin, 1942 * standing person, gun * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.972375,-75.190360 [map] * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +michenermuseum.org's Harry Rosin page |
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The Quaker Harry Rosin, 1942 * standing person, Bible, hat * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.972525,-75.190360 [map] * Exhibits: Religious * See also: +michenermuseum.org's Harry Rosin page |
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The Birth of a Nation Henry Kreis, 1943 * Quote from George Washington * cannon, group of people standing, eagle, idea * inscription: front: We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unaliable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. -Declaration of Independence back: The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply as finally staked on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people. -First Inaugural of George Washington * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.972750,75.190490 [map] * See also: +askart.com's Henry Kreis page +wikipedia.org's George Washington page |
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The Revolutionary Soldier Erwin Frey, 1943 * standing person, hat, gun * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.972675,-75.190450 [map] * Exhibits: War * See also: +askart.com's Erwin Frey page |
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The Statesman Erwin Frey, 1943 * South Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.972800,-75.190490 [map] * See also: +askart.com's Erwin Frey page |
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The Spirit of Enterprise Jacques Lipchitz, 1950 - 1960 * Quote from Theodore Roosevelt * big eagle, snake, person leaning forward * inscription: Our nation glorious in youth and strength looks into the future with fearless and eager eyes as vigorous as a young man to run a race. -Theodore Roosevelt * Central Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.973600,-75.190875 [map] * Exhibits: Favorites * See also: +wikipedia.org's Jacque Lipchitz page +wikipedia.org's Theodore Roosevelt page |
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The Preacher Waldemar Raemisch, 1952 * standing person * inscription: He guided our ways * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.974675,-75.191625 [map] * Exhibits: Religious |
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The Poet Jose de Creeft, 1954 * standing person, scroll * inscription: He shaped our dreams. * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.974350,-75.191425 [map] * See also: +wikipedia.org Jose de Creeft page |
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The Scientist Khoren der Harootian, 1955 * standing person * inscription: He weighed the stars. * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.974610,-75.191475 [map] |
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The Laborer Ahron Ben-Shmuel, 1958 * standing person wearing a helmet * inscription: He wrought miracles * North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.974425,-75.191400 [map] * See also: +michenermuseum.org Ahron Ben-Shmuel page |
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The Hand and Eye of God J. Wallace Kelly, 1959 * eye and hand, tools * The title is from the James A. Michener Art Museum's web site. Public Art in Philadelphia says "Titles Unknown." * Stair Posts. North Terrace Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial. * 39.974550,-75.191400 [map] * See also: +michenermuseum.org's J. Wallace Kelly Page |