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FOUNTAIN ON PARKWAY SHOWING CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL AND CITY HALL
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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SWAN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN on the Park-
way in Philadelphia, was started in 1913 and
finished in 1920. The cost of the same was
$30,000 given by Maria J. Swan in memory
of Dr. William C. Swan.
The Bronze statuary work was done by
Alexander S. Calder: the three figures (one
male and two females) are symbolic of the
three rivers that flow around or through
Philadelphia. The Delaware River is repre-
sented by the male Indian: the Schuylkill
River, or Gentle River, south of this and the
Wissahickon, Hidden Creek, to the West. All
three figures lean against an open pool in
which are three colossal turtles and three
colossal frogs which spout inward toward the
center figures.
CHARLES F. WILLIAMS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
