COLLECTION NAME:
Savannah Stereoview Collection
Record
Title:
Forsyth Park, Savannah, Ga.
Creator:
McAllister, T.H.
Description:
Glass lantern slide of Forsyth Park Sphinxes, publication information printed on slide, title on back of slide, handwritten on a paper label. T.H. McAllister was an optician and cane manufacturer at a firm in Philadelphia and New York. The firm was listed as McAllister & Co. and produced stereoscopes, magic lantern slides and equipment. The two Egyptian Sphinx statues formerly flanked the entrance to Forsyth Park. The statues were blown up by small boys armed with large firecrackers. The sphinxes were about 6 feet long and constructed of a relatively soft metal alloy of zinc, tin and lead. The vandals packed the statues with giant firecrackers and blew them up. This first attempt was only strong enough to break up the statues into large chunks. Charles A. Cox, the owner of a tin and roofing shop was able to restore the statues. But the vandals came back with larger explosives and the already weakened statues did not survive the second assault.
Subject:
Forsyth Park (Savannah, Ga.)
Subject:
Parks
Subject:
Sphinx
Date:
1870-1900
Coverage:
Savannah (Ga.)
Coverage:
Georgia
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
3 1/4 x 4 inches
Format/Medium:
Lantern slides
Source:
Savannah Stereoview Collection, MS 018, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
