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Holding Information

Collection: Cret Collection

Institution: Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Quantity: 77 items

Local Call: 27-p-077

Item dates:

Holding types: Photographs

Documented Projects

• Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial
  Client: Fairmount Park Art Association
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

• Cret, Paul Philippe (1876 - 1945) (Architect)
• Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson (fl. 1945-1976) (Architects)

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Image Gallery

[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] "The Turkey", rear of "Settling the Seaboard " (Wheeler Williams, Sculptor, 1948) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-041	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Photo of 1" Scale model for "Birth of a Nation" (1948) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-040	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1943) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-026
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 8/25/1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-028	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Head of younger man cut in Limestone for "Birth of a Nation" (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 8/20/1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-025	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Progress Photo, Settling the Seaboard (Wheeler Williams, Sculptor, 8/14/1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-018
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Progress Photo, Settling the Seaboard (Wheeler Williams, Sculptor, 8/14/1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-017	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Progress Photo, Settling the Seaboard (Wheeler Williams, Sculptor, 8/14/1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-019	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 8/4/1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-036
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 6/19/1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-035	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-033	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Rosin Figures, Puritan and Quaker (1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-042
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-027	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-034	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Settling the Seaboard (Wheeler Williams, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-016
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Settling the Seaboard (Wheeler Williams, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-015	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Spanning the Continent (Model by Robert Laurent, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-013	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Detail of a main pedestal (E. Quigley, Photographer, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-043
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Detail, North Exedra, Middle Terrace (E. Quigley, Photographer, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-044	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model in Plaster for "Birth of a Nation" (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-038	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-037
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-021	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-032	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-030
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] (Wheeler Williams, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-014	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-022	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-023
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 1942) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-024	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 10/4/1941) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-031	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 8/20/1941) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-029
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Birth of a Nation (Henry Kreis, Sculptor, 7/2/1941) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-039	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] (William R. Hellerman, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-075	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Sedgley Club (Lawrence S. Williams, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-046
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-062	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] (Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-001	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-010
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-069	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Samuel Memorial Site (Lawrence S. Williams, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-051	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Scheme Y As seen from road Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-007
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-012	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-072	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-057
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Girard Ave. and P. R. R. Bridges Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-045	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-064	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-071
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Girard Ave. and P. R. R. Bridges Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-047	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Scheme Y As seen from side angle Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-005	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (Bond Bros., Photographers) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-067
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] (Bond Bros., Photographers) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-058	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-061	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-070
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-004	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] (William R. Hellerman, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-076	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-063
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-065	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-073	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Scheme X plan Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-009
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Girard Ave. and P. R. R. Bridges Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-048	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-056	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-002
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Scheme X as seen from river Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-008	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Girard Ave. and P. R. R. Bridges Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-050	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Before Placing of Sculpture (William R. Hellerman, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-077
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-053	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Scheme Y Plan Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-003	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-074
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (Bond Bros., Photographers) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-066	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Spanning the Continent (Model by Robert Laurent) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-020	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Base and pedestal of first statue to be placed at Samuel Memorial Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-054
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Scheme Y As seen from river Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-006	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-060	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (William M. Rittase, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-059
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-055	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Samuel Memorial Site (Lawrence S. Williams, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-052	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Model (Bond Bros., Photographers) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-068
[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Girard Ave. and P. R. R. Bridges (Lawrence S. Williams, Photographer) Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-049	[Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial] Cret Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 27-p-077-011

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