Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial - Central Terrace (1933-1961)
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- Kelly Drive along the Schuylkill River, south of Girard Avenue Bridge
Construction of the Memorial began with the Central Terrace. Six sculptors were commissioned to create two large bronze monuments and four complementary figures in limestone. These works express the twin themes of America's westward expansion and the new nation's welcome to immigrants from other lands.
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial - Central Terrace
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Voices heard in the program:
Penny Balkin Bach is Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association.
Kathleen A. Foster is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Michael Taylor is Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk and Ave Carrillo
Voices heard in the program:
Penny Balkin Bach is Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association.
Kathleen A. Foster is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Michael Taylor is Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk and Ave Carrillo
