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Show Knap Minis t Franklin. All day Friday lienjamln I'ranklln ' sat for plcturca In the big chair on top of the granite pedestal that rests on the Chestnut street pavement of the postolTtce Like an actor, actress or pugilist pu-gilist of the present day, ho was taken from all sides, full fare and profile It was a case of constantly keeping his eye on a sign on the south side of Chestnut street and looking pleasant, 1 for hardly an hour went by without somebody, malo or female, taking a plate picture or anapplng a shot of the man who figured so prominently In the nation's affairs of the last century The plcturca will probably all turn out well, for the sun was Just right, and It Is certain that the subject did not spoil any of them, for he sat perfectly still throughout the ordeal It la a wonder he did not stir, however, when a man win run up to the front of the statue In an automobile propelled by the mjt-,' mjt-,' j terlous electricity which Franklin . iS' helped to make known to the world, ' and with a small camera took a snap , u ,, shot of the eminent man In tronxe. k T Philadelphia rtecord |