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According to a museum plaque: When Franklin arrived in France in the autumn of 1776 to negotiate for aid and an alliance, he was already a celebrity. His simple dress and refusal to wear a wig made an impression in intellectual circles and elsewhere. Franklin lived at Passy in a house provided by Jacques Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont who commissioned a terra cotta medallion with his profile as well as this oil on canvas portrait, which was exhibited at the Salon of 1779. The original frame includes the attributes of Liberty, Peace and Victory, and accompanied by the simple Latin inscription VIR.
Benjamin Franklin, Craftsman
Joe Brown, 1981
* Statue of Benjamin Franklin
* standing person, printing press
* inscription:
Presented to the
City of Philadelphia
by
Pennsylvania Freemasons
Dedicated June 27, 1981
by
The Grand Lodge Free and
Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania
* Northwest corner, Broad and JFK.
* On the City Hall tour.
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+Penn Facilities Joe Brown page
Benjamin Franklin
1706- 1790
The class of 1930 at its 50th reunion honors Benjamin Franklin founder of The University of Pennsylvania which began at this site in 1749 and which in 1779 became the first University in this nation.
We recognize the growth of our beloved institution from small beginning to world renown.
May our fellow men note our affection for the University and our respect for its architect
May 1980
May
DeWITT CLINTON
ABRAHAM PIERSON
JARED ELIOT
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
BENJAMIN GALE
CHARLES MORGAN
HORATIO G.WRIGHT
Benjamin Franklin, Craftsman, bronze statue by Joe Brown and the Pennsylvania Freemasons, June 27, 1981. Muncipal Services Building and plaza area in the background
An ongoing exhibit is "The Plantation Whereon I Live". John Potts’ Pottsgrove plantation began as one of the many iron forges and furnaces throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. Ten years later, it encompassed not only an iron manufactory, but other businesses such as a tavern, a store, a brewery, mills, shops, and homes that eventually became John Potts’ Town.
Benjamin Franklin (pictured here with his stern look - probably because the words "In God We Trust" will soon be printed on the paper money) is best known as one of the Founding Fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. He invented bifocal glasses.
Sedan Chair
From France, the ailing Franklin brought the first sedan chair seen in Philadelphia. In it he rode to the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall) for the 1787Constitution Convention.
18-century European sedan chair (similar to Franklin's)
This was in the Underground museum.
UNDERGROUND MUSEUM
Below the court is a museum filled with paintings, objects, and inventions associated with Benjamin Franklin. You will see a pretty reproduction of Franklin's Armonica, also called a glass harmonica, which consists of a set of graduated glass bowls on a rotating shaft that produce tones when a finger is pressed to the moistened rims. Mozart wrote a piece just for Franklin's new instrument. Other Franklin inventions you can see here include a Franklin stove and the swim fin (Franklin was, after all, a champion swimmer in his day). The main room has a phone bank where you can listen to testimonies about Franklin based on the words of Washington, Mozart, and D.H. Lawrence, among others. Enjoy the 18-minute film.
Is it ok if I pay with this counterfeit bill?
My favorite time in Ho Chi Minh City this last year was Tết (Tet, the lunar new year celebration) because most Saigonese went on holiday, often back to their ancestral homes elsewhere for a number of days. So on this particular day, I was walking in the middle of a major street in Tân Bình District -- simply because I could and not get run over -- when I spotted a dollar bill fluttering down the street. Ignoring the sharp pain in my injured boob (long story), I took chase and caught my fake $100 bill on this sidewalk right by this abandoned cycloped (xích lô).
Oh yes, you must be wondering about the counterfeit money. These bills are burned as offerings: O gods, spirits of the land and esteemed ancestors, send me tall stacks of money (USD preferred)!
(lo-res, Nokia E71)
The Americans1; The Colonial Experience by Daniel J.Boorstin
Pelican first edition published in 1965
The cover design by Alan Aldridge and Marty Stein is based on a drawing of Benjamin Franklin's Printing Press
Opened on October 25, 1829, Eastern State in Philadelphia (USA) is considered to be the world's first true penitentiary. Its cell blocks emanated from a central core in a fashion replicated in prison architecture still today. Whereas the mode of incarceration at the time of its founding was based solely on the removal of criminals from society, Eastern State was premised on the revolutionary notion of punishment and rehabilitation through penance. The brainchild of Benjamin Franklin among others, when built it was the largest and most expensive public structure in the country. With notorious 20th century guests including Al Capone and Willie Sutton, Eastern State continued to operate until the facility was finally retired in 1971. Photo by Eric Ascalon, taken May 31, 2010.
Andrew Boyer (Benjamin Franklin) and Ryan Drummond (Richard Henry Lee) in the West Coast premiere of Tony Award–winning director Frank Galati’s triumphant new staging of the musical 1776, now playing at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater through October 6, 2013.
This statue of Benjamin Franklin, also known as the Cogswell Historical Monument, was originally dedicated in 1879 at Market Square before being relocated to its current spot in Washington Square in 1904.
Washington Square, bordered by Columbus Avenue, Union Street, Stockton Street, Filbert Street and Powell Street, was designed by William Eddy in 1850 and was one of San Francisco's three original parks.
In 1751, Mr. Potts purchased 995 acres of land from a one Mr. Samuel McCall. Mr. McCall had received this land (and much more) from William Penn as an original land grant. Shortly after his purchase, John Potts began construction on his early Georgian style manor home.
At the site of Ben Franklin's home, this is the old "privy pit". Now that is some historical shit!
(file: 090306-17.19.57)
May 12, 2011: Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy
Not legal tender, please don't arrest me.
Impetus for this rash act described here.
www.b12partners.net/mt/archives/2006/08/how_to_fool_photo...
You don't often run into Ben Franklin plugging a parking meter, so I held my camera up and said "May I?"--and he smiled, but then he turned his back. So I took another shot from the other side, and he had turned his back again. Even though he gets paid to have his picture taken, he was off-duty.
The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech..." - Benjamin Franklin
Do you want to share a relevant quote? Please do so in comments below.
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NOTE: After experiencing the day of protest about SOPA/PIP it is clear that the action could better be called a Web Blackout rather than a Strike.
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The source image for this caricature is a portrait of Benjamin Franklin published by the Detroit Publishing Co. and available at the Library of Congress.
The original "JOIN, or DIE" cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin and first published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. It is often sited as the first America political cartoon.
Black Background
Christ Church Burial Ground, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The church makes between $3,000-$5000 a year on coinage.
The original "JOIN, or DIE" cartoon was created by Benjamin Franklin and first published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. It is often sited as the first America political cartoon.
Steel
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1778 or 1779) by Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul (1752-1794).
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
This French-style armchair on the left is from a set of at least four that Benjamin Franklin owned and may have used in both Paris and London. The set descended in the family of Polly Stevenson Hewson, daughter of his London landlady. This Louis XVI-style chair on the right also descended in the in the family of Polly Stevenson Hewson. The chess set is a reproduction of an original French set owned by the American Philosophical Society, originally owned by Franklin.
The Benjamin Franklin Museum, located beneath the surface of Franklin Court, opened to the public in 2013. The museum features interactive exhibitions, personal artifacts, computer animations and hands-on displays, examining Franklin’s life both as a private citizen and a statesman. Franklin Court cuts through an entire city block on the former site of Benjamin Franklin's home at 316-322 Market Street. Although razed in 1812, a "Ghost House" frame, built by Robert Venturi in 1976 for the Bicentennial, depicts the exact positions of the original 3-story house, 33 square-foot, ten-room house and adjacent print shop, while excavations underneath reveal the original foundations, privy pits, and wells. Six museums on the site, also built in 1976 for the Bicentennial, trace Franklin's life as a publisher, politician, postmaster, printer and inventor.