Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.7.177Description
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 7 -The Wissahickon
Page 177 contains the following:
(a, left) This newspaper clipping is entitled: "Vandals Wreck War Memorial". The article is undated and unsigned. The article details the story of a vandalism crime when a bronze figure of a soldier was stolen from a wayside shrine on the Chestnut Hill estate of Samuel F. Houston. The shrine was erected by Houston in 1922 as a memorial to his son who was killed in action in France and also to his cousin who was also killed in action during the War.
(b, right) This newspaper clipping shows two photographs. The top photograph shows a crucifix in a white shrine designed to resemble a church building. To the left of the crucifix, stands a small bronze figure of a soldier. The bottom photograph shows the same shrine without the bronze figure of the soldier. The caption describes both photographs.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection