Philadelphia Museum of Art photographs, 1928
Permanent ID:
14737Call number:
V59Dates:
19281928
Image Description:
Photographs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the Philadelphia Record newspaper photograph collection.Inscription:
Image 1:WATCH YOUR CREDIT..436052-6
INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL PHOTO
SLUG (FOUNTAIN)
COPY OF FAMOUS ITALIAN FOUNTAIN
PRESENTED TO UNITED STATES.
PHILA.....PHOTO SHOWS A VIEW OF THE ITALIAN FOUNTAIN OF THE SEA HORSES WHICH WAS UNVEILED YESTERDAY BETWEEN THE ART MUSEUM AND THE AQUARIUM IN THIS CITY. THE FOUNTAIN WHICH IS A COPY OF ONE OF THE MOST PRIZED ART TREASURES OF ITALY, WAS PRESENTED BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. IT WAS ACCEPTED IN BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES BY SECRETARY OF STATE FRANK B. KELLOGG.
R-6-7-28
Image 2:
PHILADELPHIA BUREAU------P-09033-P-09034-
P-09035-P-09036---NEW PHILADELPHIA ART
MUSEUM OPENED.---THE NEW ART MUSEUM, PHILADELPHIA'S GREATEST MONUMENT TO ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, THE COST OF WHICH THUS FAR HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY $25,000,000, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED YESTERDAY IN THE PRESENCE OF HUNDREDS OF PROMINENT PERSONS.-
PHOTO SHOWS THE NEW ART MUSEUM.-
3/27/28..
Address:
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, PhiladelphiaFormat:
PhotographsDimensions:
Width: 25.5 cm, Height: 20 cmWidth: 25.5 cm, Height: 20 cm