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McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 081

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 081
Description
Caption: "Washington Monument -- Philadelphia." c. 1920. Philadelphia's Washington Monument Fountain (Rudolf Siemering, sculptor) features a bronze and granite statute of George Washington on horseback. Dedicated at Fairmount Park in 1897, it was moved to Philadelphia's Eakins Oval in 1928.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date
1920
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb04-081
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of a photograph within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Washington Monument Fountain, Philadelphia
Type
Still Image