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About Garth Herrick
Garth is a professional fine artist in Germantown, who has been fortunate to paint official portraits of many influential people across the nation, including university presidents, federal judges, politicians, presidents of the College of Physicians, the Union League, and two Philadelphia Mayors: Ed Rendell and John Street. His studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts culminated in his winning the William Emlen Cresson, Jr. Memorial Traveling Scholarship in 1984. For more info, visit garthherrick.com
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Losing Focus: The Keystone Dry Plate Works Building

March 20, 2021 Garth Herrick 1

The history of the building is one of revolutionary firsts for Germantown and the world [more…]

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