My altered Polaroid of F&M's Old Main. |
It was an ordinary day. Just got a call from Wayne, the owner of Strawberry & Co. in downtown Lancaster. He needed a collage of my altered Polaroid photos that featured the four scenes of Franklin & Marshall College that I have. Seems that parent's day is this weekend and students are bringing their parents into the city to see the historic buildings. Also stopping in his store and finding out that I have photos of the college.
Oil painting of Marshall College in Mercersburg, PA |
This is a postcard showing Old Main on the campus of F&M. Old Main looks to sit alone in this shot. |
This is my recent photograph which shows Old Main in the center, Goethean Hall on the left and Diagnothian Hall on the right. |
The Liberal Arts building stands to the right of the the photo above. The two statues are of Benjamin Franklin (right) and John Marshall. |
Shadek-Fackenthal Library stands to the left of Old Main photo. |
This is The Protest Tree. The white ash was used as a vehicle of expression for any issue from school food to the Vietnam War. It was first used in the 1960s. |
The oil painting you pictured. Could you tell me the location of that building. I grew up in Mercersburg Pa. My grandfather taught at Mercersburg for over four decades. It appears to match a building on Constitution Ave. Nothing on campus reminds me of that building. Main sits too far back.
ReplyDeleteEli, The oil painting came from a book called "Old Lancaster" which was printed in 1964 and written by Frederic Klein. The painting was done by Charles Carlson. It appears on page 59 of the book. It says under the painting that it is from the collection of Anthony R. Appel. The article says that Franklin College started classes in a small stone building known as the "Brew House". I assume that is what the building is that I pictured. It is not a Polaroid photo that I altered. Hope this helps.
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