Curtis Publishing Company
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The Curtis Publishing Company was the Philadelphia-based company that published the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post, as well as several other magazines and newspapers.
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The Curtis Building, an example of Georgian Revival, holds a famous Tiffany glass mosaic, "The Dream Garden," made for Curtis by the Louis C. Tiffany Studios. The mosiac was based on an original painting by Maxfield Parrish using 260 different colortones. The building lies at the intersection of Sixth and Walnut Streets near Independence Hall.
See also
- Curtis Hall Arboretum, Curtis family estate in Wyncote, Pennsylvania
External links
- [Curtis Publishing Company website]
- http://www.ushistory.org/districts/washingtonsquare/curti.htm
- [Photos of the Curtis Building]
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