Cornerstone of the Pastorius Monument

Name/Title

Cornerstone of the Pastorius Monument

Entry/Object ID

2010.340.1

Description

1 black and white photograph of the discarded cornerstone for the Founders Monument (Pastorius Monument, Vernon Park) in Germantown, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer. The cornerstone includes a carving of a young man crouched with a sword on the left hand side and a seated woman with two small children at her knee on the right hand side. Text on sculpture reads: "Cornerstone to mark the site of the monument to be erected in honor of the founders of the first permanent German Settlement in our land, who arrived at Philadelphia Oct. 6, 1683. Laid by the National German American Alliance Oct. 6, 1908

Made/Created

Artist

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Studio

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Notes

Author: Unknown

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Print Size: 4 x 5"