Art and Archaeology: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume XXI number 4, April-May 1926 (Historic Philadelphia Number)
Washington, D.C. Art and Archaeology Press, 1926. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt letters on front cover, numbered pp. 103-204 plus ads, BW illus. G (Bound volume of one issue; ex-art library, Historic Philadelphia written on outer spine; identity stamp at bottom of every page; binding is moderately worn and aged or soiled; pages and illus. are clean.). Item #152065
A single issue of this periodical, dedicated to sites, findings, public places, and various collections in Philadelphia. Main articles are: One Hundred Years of Art in Philadelphia: 1776-1876 / Arthur Edwin Bye ; The Centennial Exposition: 1876 -- A Summary ; Events and Portents of Fifty Years / Dorothy Grafly ; Colonial Craftsmen of Philadelphia / Samuel W. Woodhouse, Jr. ; Contemporary Craftsmen / Edward Longstreth ; Philadelphia's 'Colonial Chain' / Fiske Kimball ; The Modern Suburbs of Philadelphia / Brenton G. Wallace ; The Plan of Central Philadelphia / John Irwin Bright ; Democracy in Art: A Conversation with Samuel S. Fleisher Reported by Edward Longstreth ; The Art Collections: Public and Private / Harvey M. Watts. Imagine the time when the Benjamin Franklin Parkway was just laid out, and the Museum of Art was "rising" at its far end. Nifty stuff!
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