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Swann Fountain on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway looking toward City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1935

Subjects
City Halls & CourthousesMonuments & MemorialsSquares & Plazas
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Swann Fountain on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway looking toward City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1935, B. Phelps, NY, USA, c. 1915 linen postcard
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Back of Swann Fountain on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway looking toward City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1935, B. Phelps, NY, USA, c. 1915 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A view across formal flower beds and lawn toward a large circular fountain playing in a plaza, with the tower and mass of Philadelphia City Hall rising in the distance behind a screen of trees and commercial buildings. The fountain is the Swann Memorial Fountain (1924), designed by sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder with architect Wilson Eyre and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers, its figures representing Philadelphia's three waterways — the Delaware, the Schuylkill and the Wissahickon. It sits at Logan Square on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the grand diagonal boulevard laid out in the early 20th century on the model of the Champs-Élysées.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Having a real fine time from the Benjamins

PublisherP. Sander
286:—Fountain In Parkway, Looking towards City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. --- POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR WRITING THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS MADE IN U.S.A. Pub. by P Sander, Philadelphia & Atlantic City.
PostmarkedPhiladelphia, PA
Stamp
Addressed to
B. Phelps

Morris, NY

Postcard record

PostmarkedPhiladelphia, PA
PublisherP. Sander
Series286
ConditionGood
Place addressedB. Phelps, Morris, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; visible linen/canvas texture; light crease and wear at left edge; printed number 24630 in lower right corner. Postmark: PHILA PA 1931 (KENSINGTON slogan cancel; bell-shaped Sanders "3 CTS" killer). Divided-back "POST CARD" stock, "MADE IN U.S.A." between the panels; light edge wear and slight soiling, no major damage.

Cite this card

Swann Fountain on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway looking toward City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/swann-fountain-on-the-benjamin-franklin-parkway-looking-towa. Accessed October 24, 2026.