Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Randolph Rogers,
1871
* Statue of Abraham Lincoln
* big
seated person,
chair,
pen and paper,
eagles,
federal and city seals
* Moved in January 2002 from the middle of Kelly Drive to the North side. The first picture is from the old location.
* inscription:
front:
To Abraham Lincoln from a grateful people
left:
With malice towards none, with charity towards all, with firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in
back:
Let us here highly resolve that the government of the people. by the people,
and for the people shall not perish from this earth
right:
I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the states in
rebellion are and hence forth shall be free
* Kelly Drive and Sedgely Drive.
* On the Kelly Drive tour.
* Exhibits: Moved
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Randolph Rogers 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.
Kelly Drive, past Boat House Row.
* On the Kelly Drive tour.
* See also:
+askart.com's Maurice Sterne page
+wikipedia.org's William Cullen Bryant page
+ushistory.org's Samuel Memorial tour page
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Emancipation Proclamation Fountain
Gerd Utescher,
1964
* In honor of an act by Abraham Lincoln
* standing person,
birds
* During a 2002 site renovation this piece was moved and turned and the non-functional fountain basin was taken out. By 2010 it was completely surrounded by trees. The first picture is from the old setting. The second is from the new setting. The third is a detail with trees.
* Courtyard.
Bottom of the concourse entrance on the Northwest corner of 15th and Market.
* On the City Hall tour.
* Exhibits: New,
Moved
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Lincoln the Lawyer
Emil Seletz,
1968
* Bust of Abraham Lincoln
* head
* In front of the Temple University Law School.
East side of Broad, South of Montgomery.
* On the Temple Campus tour.
* See also:
+Cyber Museum of Neurosurgery Emil Seletz Gallery
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See Also
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+wikipedia.org's Abraham Lincoln page
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