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Year: 1931

Budd BB1 Pioneer Aircraft
Budd Company, 1931 (installed 1935)
* actual airplane
* Originally labeled as "The Pioneer". The sign was changed to the current title some time between 2017 and 2021. Changed here 7/4/2022.
* inscription: (from the old sign)
First stainless steel airplane built in 1931 by the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company of Phila. to demonstrate the practicality of its "shotweld" process of fabricating stainless steel subsequently employed by the Budd Co. in building heavyweight railroad trains. The Pioneer was flown approximately 1,000 hours in the United Staes and Europe.
* In front of the Franklin Institute. Southwest corner, 20th and Winter and the Parkway.
* 39.958490,-75.172440 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* See also:
+fi.edu article about this piece
+wikipedia.org's Budd Company page
+The Franklin Institute Science Museum




Curtis Hall, Thomas Jefferson University
Horace Trumbauer (Architect), 1931
* standing people, reclining people, medical instruments, headgear, plants, lions, birds, griffins, various medical symbols
* Curtis Hall Entrance. North side of Walnut between 10th and 11th.
* 39.948625,-75.157800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Jefferson Center City Campus tour
* Exhibits: Medical
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+Horace Trumbauer page from philadelphiabuildings.org




Girard Trust Building
1931
* relief busts of Stephen Girard
* big head, ships, lion head
* inscription: Girard Trust Company, Incorporated 1836
* North and East sides. Ritz Carlton. West side of Broad, North of Chestnut.
* 39.951150,-75.164100 [map] [nearby]
* On the Avenue of the Arts tour
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org entry for the building
+ushistory.org's Stephen Girard page




Mitten Hall
1931
* standing, sitting and horizontal, partial people, musical instruments, sun, moon and stars, telescope, flying horse, castle, symbols
* Pictures have been significantly color altered to show detail. Owls carved at the corners and reliefs on the South wall are not yet pictured.
* West wall. East side of Broad, South of Norris.
* 39.981900,-75.156900 [map] [nearby]
* On the Temple Campus tour
* Exhibits: Athletic
* See also:
+Gerry Wilkinson's Mitten Hall page




Saint John Chrysostom
1931
* standing angel, heads
* inscription: Gloria In Excelcis Deo
* Whole building. Saint John Chrysostom. East side of 17th, South of Vine.
* 39.957850,-75.167300 [map] [nearby]
* On the Franklin Town tour
* Exhibits: Religious, Gargoyles
* See also:
+Gargoyle Hunter page for the building
+stjohnsphila.org




Spring Garden School Art Deco
Irwin T. Catharine (Architect), 1931
* abstract art deco
* Entrance. Spring Garden School. South side of Melon between 11th and 12th.
* 39.965100,-75.155850 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+wikipedia.org Irwin T. Catharine page
+springgarden.philasd.org