Fairmount Park Art Association; an account of its origin and activities from its foundation in 1871 (1922)
Fairmount Park Art Association · Philadelphia, The Association · leaf 14
ickon, that perhaps the greatest service he couldrender in his lifetime was to initiate a movement that wouldadd the art of man to the gifts with which God had so prodi-gally endowed this magnificent pleasure domain. With thispurpose he met in conference with another young man, whois still living… … 12 their plan of work. I can remember, although not very old,that year. It was a wonderful year in Philadelphias history.In the first place, it was just passing from the village to the cityby abolishing a volunteer fire department, whose companieswere more apt to fight each other than to fight…
Fairmount Park Art Association · Sculpture · Art · Outdoor sculpture
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