Reproductions of famous monuments were an important part of the Museum’s educational mission in its early years, before the increasing number of original objects displaced the plaster and bronze replicas. In this photograph from 1905 are important plaster casts, including the frieze of the Parthenon. Bronze sculptures, reproductions of originals discovered at Pompeii and Herculaneum, were made by the Chiurazzi foundry of Naples. The bronzes were purchased by John Wanamaker, the department store magnate and generous supporter of the Museum, and today, many can be found in the Roman gallery.