Amelie Zell (Felton) – Cuban Born Philadelphia Artist/Sculptor – Harrowgate Park Eagle – War Memorial – 1952 – “To Honor Those Who Served”

(Philadelphia Public Art)

Recent Auction details

Fine Art Auction

Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 10 AM

on premises

Newman Galleries Warehouse

2304 South Street

Philadelphia, PA at 10 AM

Other furnishings; distinctive decorative and other objects:

Amelie Zell original full-scale plaster work-up for the bronze “eagle in flight” which for many years was displayed from the first-floor ceiling of John Wanamaker’s Philadelphia department store

http://newmangalleries.com/artist/

Zell, Amelie

World War II prevented travel in Europe, so Zell chose instead to study in Mexico, and later toured the Southwestern United States, the Isle of Pines and the West Indies.

Zell received several first prizes for her life sculpture and drawing while at the Academia Nacional in Havana. She since exhibited her work individually in Havana and Cape May, New Jersey, and in group shows at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

Zell was a member of the Philadelphia Art Alliance Sculpture Committee, and a member and Recording Secretary of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She was also a founding member of the Seven Arts Group in Philadelphia. Her sculpture, "Family Group", is found in the Tomlin Memorial Hospital in New Jersey, and her sculpture "Eagle" can be viewed at the Harrowgate Memorial Park in Philadelphia.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Amelie Zell attended the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes. In 1940, she continued her training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and was awarded a Cresson Traveling Scholarship.

J. W. Beardsley Shredded Cod Fish Flakes

Harrowgate Female - Playground - Amber and Castor - 1957 - Schlichter Jute and Clock Tower in background - Photo Credit "WJM7"

Photo source WJM7 says that this is his mother and date is 1957.

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Plates In Duz Soap Boxes - 1950s

Did your mom gets free plates in Duz detergent in the 1950s?


http://en.wikicollecting.org/golden-wheat-dishes




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Msgr. Edward F. Hawks – 1878/1955 – St. Joan of Arc Harrowgate – Veteran, Canada, Chaplain, World War I - Memorial Day USA 2013

Edward F. Hawks

(PAHRC – Phila Pa)

http://www.pahrc.net/index.php/catablog/hawks-rev-edward-f-papers-1900-1952-mc-15/

"...After converting, Hawks left his home in Canada and became a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, where he served for several years as a parish curate. During World War I, he served as a chaplain in the Canadian army. When he returned to Philadelphia in 1919, he established St. Joan of Arc parish, where he remained until his death.  He was also the founder of the Catholic Evidence Guild, an organization designed to attract converts and lapsed Catholics.

Hawks was a well-known writer and lecturer. For more than 30 years, he wrote a column on current events for the diocesan paper The Catholic Standard and Times. ..."

Canada's Red Ensign 1868-1921

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Grave Behind Chapel - St. Joan of Arc Philadelphia

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Saint Joan of Arc Parish - Harrowgate Philadelphia

School - 1922 - Architect George Ashdown Audsley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ashdown_Audsley

Convent

Church - 1946

Church - Interior

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Alfred B. Mullett – Architect – Philadelphia Second Empire Post Office / Court House

Chestnut Street, Ninth Street, Market Street

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Proposed Version - circa 1872

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_B._Mullett

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Harrowgate Park, Kensington Philadelphia - Tioga El Station

Tioga Street EL Station - Entrance Harrowgate Park

War Memorial - "To Honor Those Who Served"

Harrowgate Park
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Diner - "O" Street and Erie Avenue - Philadelphia - circa 1970s - Northeast Diner

Intersection "O"St and Erie Ave, Phila, Car lot, Site of former Diner (top right) (Bing Maps)

Been looking for photos of a Diner that used to sit at the intersection of "O" and Erie Avenues in Northeast Philly in the 1960's and 70's next to old Penn Fruit. Nothing but a used car sales lot now. 

Finally have proof that my memory at least was correct.  I do not or cannot remember if this Diner had a name but in the back of my brain, the name Northeast Diner comes to mind?

4/10/13 - An addition to the story of the "Northeast Diner" and a Philly Sports story about Jack Friel and the '68 North Catholic Varsity Basketball team that took too long to eat breakfast there :

http://www.tedsilary.com/jackfriel.htm


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Frankford Arsenal - Tacony Street - Philadelphia - 1940 - Gearing Up for War

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A snipet of Frankford Arsenal along Tacony Street from Bridge Stree (top left) to Kennedy Street (bottom right), James Street in rear (top right).

I have to think that in 1940 when this photo was taken, the U.S. was sending a lot of war aid to Britain. Hence the need to tear down the houses on James Street for daytime parking. 

Tacony Street Houses torn down around 1960 to make way for I-95 across from Arsenal. 


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Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - Benjamin Latrobe - 1801-1867

Bank of Pennsylvania Phila., Second St Above Walnut, Front

Floorplan - 56 x 156 - Marble Facades Front and Back,
Painted Brick on Sides

2nd Floor

Rear

Demolition - 1867 

View - 1960

View - 2000

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Old Pennsylvania Bank Philadelphia - 1867 - 134 South Second Street

Old Pennsylvania Bank - 134 S Second St., Phila. - 1867

Now a parking lot between the Customs Building and City Tavern.

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http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/mrn/m11.jpg

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Automobile Repairing A Specialty - 1912